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MEDITERRANEAN: EU court rules in favour of parents on the move ― Italian Senate approves controversial security law ― Italy terminates contract with spyware firm following surveillance scandal ― Greek coastguard personnel charged over 2023 Pylos…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 12, 2025
The Court of Justice of the EU has ruled that helping minors under one’s care to enter the EU is not a crime. The Italian Senate has passed the government’s controversial security law. Italy has ended its contracts with the Israeli cyber company...
Chad president reciprocates US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced that Chad will halt issuing visas to American citizens as a reciprocal measure against the US travel ban targeting Chadian nationals. The ban, signed by President Donald Trump, restricts...
Egypt’s President Holds Talks with German Chancellor
MENAFN
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June 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a phone call on Thursday to address escalating tensions across the Middle East, with particular focus on the crisis in Gaza, according to a statement from...
Howgate Publishing Celebrates a Decade of Impactful, Practical, and Contemporary Military Books
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 6, 2025
Portsmouth, United Kingdom, June 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This year, Howgate Publishing celebrates its 10th anniversary. The boutique military publisher has become internationally known for producing some of the most relevant, practical, and...
Floods Prompt AU Forces Withdrawal in Somalia
MENAFN
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June 3, 2025
(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) announced on Tuesday that its forces had been safely withdrawn from a military base northeast of Mogadishu due to intense flooding in the region. During the Monday...
Erdogan Holds Talks with Bulgarian, Somali Presidents
MENAFN
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June 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan engaged in individual phone conversations on Saturday with the Presidents of Bulgaria and Somalia, focusing on bilateral ties, as well as regional and international concerns. These discussions aimed to...
Somalia: Frontline hospitals under pressure as fighting escalates
International Committee of the Red Cross
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April 10, 2025
“We have seen a significant increase of weapon-wounded patients treated in the medical facilities we support since the beginning of the year, as well as an increase of request for ad hoc support from other hospitals,” said Antoine Grand, the head...
Suicide bombardment murders 10 in Somalia
MENAFN
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May 20, 2025
(MENAFN) A suicide bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Sunday claimed the lives of at least 10 people outside a military base. The attacker targeted a group of teenage recruits waiting to enlist at the Damanyo military facility....
Arab countries denounced suicidal terrorist attack close to military location in Somalia
MENAFN
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May 20, 2025
(MENAFN) Egypt, Qatar, as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) harshly criticized a suicidal terrorist attack that happened on Sunday close to a military location in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry made a statement...
Regional Powers Denounce Suicide Bombing in Somalia’s Capital
MENAFN
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May 19, 2025
(MENAFN) Egypt, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates have issued strong condemnations following a suicide bombing that occurred near a military installation in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Sunday. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry released a...
ECRE Legal Note: The Cessation of International Protection and Review of Protection Statuses in Europe
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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May 8, 2025
|Published on: 8th May 2025|Categories: News| ECRE has published a legal note on cessation of international protection and review of international protection statuses in Europe. It is a new version of a similar legal note that was published in...
UN: Deadly Torrential Rains Batter Somalia, Claiming 9 Lives
MENAFN
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May 15, 2025
(MENAFN) Fresh torrential rains have struck Somalia, this time hitting the Banadir region northeast of Mogadishu, resulting in the tragic deaths of nine individuals and causing destructive flooding that has impacted 24,000 people, according to the...
UNSOS Head Passes Away After Illness
MENAFN
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August 14, 2025
(MENAFN) Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, the head of the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) and assistant secretary-general, has died following a prolonged illness. She passed away Tuesday evening. In a statement issued by UNSOS, Kacyira was...
Russia, Somalia vow security collaboration
MENAFN
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April 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia and Somalia have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in areas including security, politics, trade, and economics, according to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday. The announcement followed discussions...
Anthony Bellanger, addresses DM as this year’s international speaker
National Union of Journalists
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April 26, 2025
“The NUJ is a pillar of the IFJ, a voice that counts within the IFJ” said the International Federation of Journalists’ general secretary. Anthony Bellanger © Jess Hurd Expressing ‘great honour’ at being with NUJ members today, Bellanger...
Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight
City of Boston
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March 5, 2025
I. Introduction Chairman Comer, Ranking Member Connolly, and members of the Committee, on behalf of the City of Boston, I am grateful for this opportunity to share with our federal partners the work that we have done on the local level to make...
With rainwater tanks and solar-powered pumps, Somalia aims to take on climate change
UN Environmental Program
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April 23, 2025
Somalia is widely viewed as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. In 2022 and 2023, the nation suffered through its worst drought in 40 years. In 2024, it was hit by once-in-a-century floods. Those crises displaced 2.6 million...
DDG Hill discusses WTO accessions at Horn of Africa Initiative ministerial meeting
World Trade Organization
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April 23, 2025
Four Horn of Africa countries - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan - are currently negotiating their accession to the WTO. This is half of the total number of African countries seeking to join the WTO and some of the most active in the WTO...
Somaliland Pauses Talks with Somalia After Premier Visit to Las Anod
MENAFN
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April 17, 2025
(MENAFN) Somaliland, the self-declared independent region in northern Somalia, declared on Wednesday that it is pausing diplomatic engagements with the federal Somali government. This move follows Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre's visit to...
Somalia successfully kick-starts its WTO accession process
World Trade Organization
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February 17, 2025
Somalia's Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama led the high-level delegation in Geneva. Several government officials from a wide range of ministries and agencies joined virtually from Mogadishu. Mr Jama said that Somalia's first Working Party...