Month: January 2021

Leaders of 5 Regional Administrations Hold A Critical Teleconference

According to reliable sources, the five presidents of Somalia’s regional states held a telephone conference last night.

The meeting discussed the stalemate in Somalia’s elections, as President Farmajo’s term draws to a close with just two weeks left, and there are fears of a vacancy in the country.

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Ethiopian gov't spokesman

Ethiopia: Somali troops fighting in Tigray is a fabrication

Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said the news that Somali troops are fighting in Tigray is a fabrication. Mr. Mufti has denied that Somali forces were involved in the fighting against the Tigray rebels, the TPLF, in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. “We have seen reports that Eritrean troops have crossed the border […]

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Somali Centre Deemed Not Black Enough: Canadian Government

Abdirizak Karod and Mohamoud Hagi-Aden, founders of the Somali Centre for Family Services in Ottawa were stunned to learn they were deemed not Black enough after their application for a government-funded program was rejected. Leaders of a Somali organization in Ottawa say their relationship with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) was severely damaged after […]

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Joe Biden sworn in as 46th President of the United States

Joe Biden has officially become the 46th president of the United States. Mr. Biden has been sworn in at the Inauguration Day ceremony in Washington DC. Kamala Harris, the first African-American woman ever to be sworn in as vice president, was also sworn in. Biden defeated on November 3 Donald Trump, who had been president […]

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US military killed 3 al-Shabab militants

The U.S. military says three al-Shabab militants have been killed in an airstrike near the town of Jamame. The United States has said it carried out two airstrikes that killed members. The United States has said a preliminary assessment shows no civilian casualties. Al-Shabaab media outlets claimed that one of the dead was a traditional […]

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