The newly elected Somali President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is set to visit Uganda next week. The Ugandan Ambassador to Somalia, Sam Tulya-Muhika made the announcement.Somali president will be in the country to attend the first ever Uganda-Somalia Investment and Business Summit. The summit will take place at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo from Monday to Thursday next week. While here, he will ...
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The UPDF has confirmed the crash of one of their helicopters in Somalia while on a mission under the AMISOM. “A helicopter on a mission to support AMISOM troops crashed soon after take-off in Balidogle in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia on Friday. All four soldiers aboard the helicopter were rescued. And are in a stable medical condition.” AMISOM ...
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ROME — Drought-ridden Somalia is at risk of a repeat of the famine that killed nearly 260,000 people in 2011 if aid is not stepped up over the next two months, United Nations agencies said Wednesday, calling for more funds. Five million Somalis do not have enough to eat because of a lack of rain that has led to poor harvests ...
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Mogadishu. Under pressure from NATO forces in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda elements had taken advantage of the chaos in Somalia to set up havens and form new alliances. Check Also: Nasser al- Wuhaishi Yemeni al-Qaeda leader confirmed dead in US strike The situational analysis of their presence in the Horn of Africa was alarming. It was understood that the wastelands of Somalia’s lawless ...
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Somali security forces have captured a wanted Al shabaab leader with $2,000 of bounty on his head following a special operation in Mogadishu on Sunday evening. Check Also: Kenyan Army Killed 21 Al Shabaab Militants In Somalia Hassan Mohamed (Hassan Fanah), defected from Al shabaab and joined ISIL by the end of 2015. Somali federal government has offered two thousand US ...
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