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On the day Somaliland forces were defeated in Las Anod, shop owner Abdinasir Farah said: “Today, we are free people.” It’s a sentiment shared by others who live in or are from the city and its surroundings. Somaliland had been in control of the city – legally part of Somalia – for 16 years, which...

A Kenyan high court has blocked the government’s plans to deploy police officers to Haiti or any other country pending the hearing of a petition. The judge cited issues raised in the application as being of national importance and public interest. One of the petitioners, former presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot said the proposed deployment was...

MOGADISHU, Somalia 9 October, 2023 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses grave concern regarding the persistent harassment and intimidation directed at our Secretary of Information and Human Rights, Mohamed Ibrahim Bulbul, who was urgently hospitalized on Saturday afternoon due to a deterioration in his health while in incommunicado and unlawful detention. On Saturday afternoon 7...

Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, posted a response to the ongoing Hamas assault on Israel on Saturday, as the number of dead and injured continue to mount. Hamas launched the invasion and attacks on Israel on Saturday—in a move that appeared to take the Israeli military and security services by surprise. Israeli Prime Minister...

President William Ruto has issued a strong condemnation of the recent  attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas from the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Saturday, October 7, Ruto termed the attacks as acts of terrorism that poses a significant threat to international peace. “Kenya joins the rest of the world in...

Türkiye calls on Israelis and Palestinians to act with restraint in light of the events that took place in Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. “We call on the parties to act with restraint in light of the events in Israel this morning and to stay away from impulsive steps that will escalate...

The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mr. Hamse Abdi Barre on Saturday received the Interim Leader of SSC-Khatumo administration, Mr. Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali (Firdhiye) in his office. The SSC leader who arrived in the capital of Somalia on Friday received a warm welcome from the people of Mogadishu and Somali politicians. It...

Kenyan-born defender Abdi Muya Salim who plays for Orlando City in the US Major Soccer League has been called up to the Somali national team for the coming World Cup qualifiers. Salim had sent a message to the Kenyan head coach, Engin Firat, asking to be considered for the Harambee Stars call-up after the team...

When someone yelled “Gunshots!” in the middle of celebrations for the newly-married bride and groom, Fowsia Hussein had a difficult choice to make. Should she duck under her table? Run and save herself? Or should she join her 16-year-old daughter in the women’s washroom? She didn’t know where the bullets were coming from. “I made...

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing an extraordinary referendum on his leadership of the House of Representatives after a conservative member of his own conference, a longtime critic, moved to trigger a vote on whether he should remain at the helm. “I have enough Republicans where at this point next week, one of two...