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(MENAFN) Somalia officially assumed the UN Security Council's rotating presidency Friday for January, representing the nation's first leadership role since its previous council term concluded over five decades ago in 1971–72. Somali Ambassador to...

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Discriminatory laws and poor enforcement foster victim-blaming and harmful stereotypes, enabling impunity for perpetrators in League of Arab States countries.

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s National Consultative Council (NCC) on Monday stated that Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region poses a serious threat to security across the region, including the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and wider Middle East....

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(MENAFN) The Somali military has captured a strategic area in southern Somalia that had been utilized as a refuge by the Al-Shabaab terror organization, the Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

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(MENAFN) Somalia strongly rejected Israel’s recognition of its breakaway region, Somaliland, as an independent state, calling the move unlawful and a breach of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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(MENAFN) Residents of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, went to the polls on Thursday in local elections intended to set the stage for the nation’s first direct national vote in over fifty years.

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(MENAFN) China announced on Tuesday that a fishing vessel hijacked by armed individuals off the coast of Somalia was successfully rescued on Monday, cautioning that efforts to disrupt relations between the two nations will not succeed, according...

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(MENAFN) The African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) has reaffirmed its determination to eliminate al-Shabaab’s insurgency and restore stability across the country, according to reports.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security continues its historic progress in keeping the Homeland secure WASHINGTON – In honor of President Donald J. Trump’s first State of the Union Speech as the 47th President of the United States, the Secretary of...

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Blue Economy, Ahmed Hassan Aden, welcomed a newly signed “Strategic Cooperation and Service Agreement” with Türkiye, emphasizing its potential to strengthen bilateral economic ties and benefit both...

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(MENAFN) Türkiye’s industrial group OYAK and Somalia’s Fisheries and Blue Economy Ministry signed a strategic cooperation and services agreement on Wednesday to collaborate in the fisheries sector.

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(MENAFN) Somalia is hurtling toward a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, with the number of people facing acute food insecurity projected to nearly double compared to last year as drought, armed conflict, and spiraling food prices converge,...

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(MENAFN) The African Union (AU) and Somalia have strongly condemned a deadly assault in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, which claimed at least 50 civilian lives and involved the abduction of women and children.

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(MENAFN) The Trump administration’s recent move to halt immigration and asylum processing for nationals of 19 countries has drawn strong criticism from US lawmakers and human rights organizations, as reported.

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(MENAFN) Somalia's prime minister has brushed aside US President Donald Trump's inflammatory statements targeting Somalia and Somali immigrants residing in America, local media outlets confirmed Wednesday.

Government of Slovenia

SLOVENIA, November 24 - Slovenia strengthens ties with African countries "Slovenia has done a great deal in recent years to strengthen its partnership with Africa.

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(MENAFN) A recent security report warns that US President Donald Trump’s “bulldozer” approach to foreign policy is destabilizing the international system and creating conditions for a world dominated by wealthy powers and regional hegemons.

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(MENAFN) A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people was forced to make an emergency landing in the water near Mogadishu on Tuesday after veering off the airport runway.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Secretary Noem Keeps America Safe, Transforms DHS WASHINGTON – On November 5, 2024, the American people gave President Donald Trump a clear mandate to secure our borders, end illegal immigration, take criminal aliens off our streets, protect the...

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(MENAFN) The Somali central government has prevented two aircraft carrying security personnel from the semi-autonomous regions of Jubaland and Puntland from landing at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport ahead of planned talks between the...