Somali President Sees Diaspora Driving Growth
07/09/2016By Abdirahman Yabarow Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says he wants more young Somalis from abroad to return and help rebuild the country, even as al-Shabab militants continue to.
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Security Beefed Up as Mogadishu Hosts IGAD Summit
06/09/2016Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which only a few years back was categorized by many as the most dangerous capital on Earth, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental.
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Somalia Presidential Elections: Betting on Fadumo Dayib
02/09/2016By Ehis Ayere Women across developing countries have over the years been demonstrating strong leadership in positioning their countries on the path of democracy, good governance, peace and security, infrastructural.
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Somalia Moves to Party Politics in Bid to Cut Clan Rivalry
10/08/2016By Abdi Sheikh Members of Somalia’s new parliament to be elected this year must join a political party within two years or step down as part of efforts to shift.
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Somalia: Forces Foil Suicide Attacks in Mogadishu – President
28/07/2016The president of the federal republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country’s security forces have successfully thwarted suicide attacks in Mogadishu by Al Shabaab.
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Somalia: Gender Activists Denounce Move to Dismiss Two Female Ministers
28/06/2016Somali feminist have criticised the move by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke that led to dismissal of two female cabinet ministers last week.
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Somalia: Gender Activists Denounce Move to Dismiss Two Female Ministers
28/06/2016Somali feminist have criticised the move by Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke that led to dismissal of two female cabinet ministers last week. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accepted two.
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US, Somalia Launch New Chapter in Relations
28/06/2016The United States has filled a diplomatic void in Somalia, swearing in its first ambassador to that country in 25 years.
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Somalia set for historic ‘New Deal’
16/09/2013The European Union has pledged 650m euro ($860m; £540m) at a conference in Brussels to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict. The money is part of a.
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