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Somali youth ready to migrate to Europe despite perils

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Mohamed Khadar is one of the many young Somalis who are ready to join the mass immigration across the Mediterranean Sea despite the perils he will face. “Going to Europe is a means to escape from poverty,” the 19- year-old old Khadar told Xinhua in Mogadishu o... More »

Al Shabab Attacks Somali Towns

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Friday, May 15 A local official in southern Somalia says al-Shabab militants have captured two government bases in the Lower Shabelle region. Lower Shabelle Governor Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur told VOA Somali service that heavily armed militants launched attacks o... More »

Somali Forces Recapture Towns Attacked by al-Shabab

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Somali officials say their forces have retaken two towns that al-Shabab militants briefly captured late Friday. The governor of the Lower Shabelle region, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, tells VOA’s Somali service that government troops launched a counterattack and re... More »

UAE-funded Somali military centre opens

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MOGADISHU — A UAE-funded military training centre has been opened in Somalia’s capital, with the aim of building a brigade to protect the country. Hassan Mohamud, Somalia’s president, and Mohammed Al Othman, the UAE’s Ambassador to Somalia, opened the centre f... More »

Somali Govt Challenges Regional Administrations’ Status

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The central government of Somalia faces tough choices in dealing with regional states whereby some regional states’ leaders call the Somali President as their ‘counterpart’. The issue has also created a hot debate among Somalis who took to the social media to ... More »