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President Museveni while meeting Uganda’s Ambassador to Somalia, Prof. Sam Tulya-Muhika at State House, Entebbe, offered valuable insights to Somalia. He urged them to draw inspiration from the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s successful ideology for the prosperity and strategic security of its citizens. He said Somalia could learn crucial leadership lessons from the NRM. Apparently, they successfully united a failed ...

The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) in Somalia have conducted activities to celebrate the 42nd Tarehe Sita. They are in Somalia serving under African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The activities were carried out in the Mogadishu and Ceeljaale regions of Somalia. UPDF Contingent Commander Brig Gen Peter Gaetano Omola in Mogadishu led the troops to clean Marina Market. ...

The East African Community continues to push for unification as it considers adding new member states to the bloc. Specifically, the EAC has begun the verification process for Somalia, one of the East African nations yet to become a member. The EAC officially launched the verification mission to evaluate Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc on Wednesday. As a ...

Somali government forces have ended a more than five hours long al-Shabaab siege of the compound housing the Mogadishu mayor’s office. The ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism said security forces shot dead six al-Shabaab fighters behind Sunday’s attack. Five civilians were killed and four others were injured, the statement added. The government said the al-Shabaab attackers arrived at the ...

In just one month, there have been two major Al-shabab attacks in Somalia with the siege at the Tawakal hotel being the second. This happened during an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in central Somalia. Early in October, a triple bombing in the town of Beledweyne left at least 20 people dead. Apparently, ...