A Kenyan delegation met with leaders of Haiti’s national police on Monday, a day after arriving in the country as it assesses leading a possible United Nations-backed multinational security force to help police fight escalating gang warfare. “We are here to assess the needs of Haiti’s national police, better understand the situation and do our...
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Two Somali journalists arrested for reporting on police, 1 remains in custody
Nairobi, August 23, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on Somali authorities to unconditionally release journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Osman Bulbul and stop intimidating media covering the security sector. On August 17, four plain-clothed security personnel arrested Mohamed, a reporter with the privately owned broadcaster Kaab TV, at Mogadishu University, where he studies part-time,...
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IDP families near Kismayo made homeless by destructive winds
Amina Isaq, and her nine children have been sleeping under a plastic sheet tied over some bushes in Luglow village since 22 July, when strong ocean winds in this part of Somalia’s Lower Juba region blew down their house. As the winds continue, Amino worries about the effect of the constant dust on her newborn...
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Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin confirmed dead
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board. Prigozhin was on the plane, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, which cited the airline. The crash immediately...
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Meta releases AI model for translating speech between dozens of languages
NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META.O) on Tuesday released an AI model capable of translating and transcribing speech in dozens of languages, a potential building-block for tools enabling real-time communication across language divides. The company said in a blog post that its SeamlessM4T model could support translations between text...
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QRCS, KRCS distribute food parcels among drought-affected in Somalia
In cooperation with Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has completed the ‘Food Parcels for IDP Camps’ project in Somalia. In a statement, QRCS said that the QR713,441 project saw the distribution of diverse food parcels to 2,084 families, or 14,588 people, in need of emergency food. In coordination with the...
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Healthcare hits new lows in Somaliland as conflict reaches new highs
Las Anod, Somaliland – Eight months into a conflict between armed forces of the breakaway state of Somaliland and local Dhulbahante militias in Las Anod, Somalia, hospitals in the embattled city are desperately working to maintain lifesaving supplies. Although the conflict has been effectively reduced to a deadlock, with neither the Somaliland forces nor the Dhulbahante...
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Social Media Tiktok, Telegram And 1XBET Banned In Somalia
A letter from the office of the Minister of Communications and Technology of the Somali government, Jama Hassan Khalif, has ordered Internet communication companies that provide social media services Tiktok, Telegram and 1XBET to stop these services for a period of four days. A letter from the office of the Minister of Communications and Technology...
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Somalia hotel siege: At least 12 die in al-Shabab attack, police
Muqdisho- Raxanreeb –Security forces in Somalia have ended more than a seven-hour battle to regain control of a beachside hotel seized by al Shabab militants in the capital, Mogadishu, on Friday midnight, state media reported Saturday. At least 12 people were killed during the siege, four civilians, two security forces and seven attackers from al...
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U.S. strike kills three al-Shabab fighters in Somalia
The United States conducted an airstrike on al-Shabab militants in Somalia, killing three al-Shabaab terrorists in the Lower Jubba region, the U.S. Africa Command said on Friday. The U.S. military forces on Thursday “conducted a collective self-defence strike” in support of the Somalia National Army forces in the Wayanta area, located approximately 60 km southwest...