China Focus: 80 years later, how the war still matters to Chinese people
BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- As a child, Zhang Lianhong grew up on stories filled with the roar of bombs, frantic escapes and desperate...
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to block foreign aid payments
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to withhold billions of U.S. dollars...
Somali president meets Sudanese intelligence chief amid deepening bilateral ties
MOGADISHU – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday received a high-level Sudanese delegation led by General Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mufadal, Director General of...
Puntland Regional Forces Seize Key ISIS Positions in Bari Mountains: Officials
BOOSAASO, Somalia – Puntland regional forces have launched a series of successful military operations against Islamic State militants entrenched in the rugged Cal Miskaad...
Kenyan Forces Kill Five Al-Shabaab Fighters in Boni Forest Operation
NAIROBI — Kenyan Defence Forces (KDF) said Tuesday they had killed five Al-Shabaab militants during a special operation in the dense Boni Forest, near...
Somali Commandos seize key Al-Shabaab-held villages in Lower Shabelle
LOWER SHABEELLAHA HOSE, Somalia — The 192nd Battalion of the 19th Brigade of the Somali Commandos, known as Gorgor, has fully recaptured the villages...
Somali PM visits Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base in China’s Ningxia region
YINCHUAN, China — Somalia’s Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, on Wednesday paid an official visit to the Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base in...
Ghana begins probe into helicopter crash that killed 8
ACCRA (Xinhua) -- The investigation board established by the Ghanaian government to probe the military helicopter crash early this month commenced its work on...
Kenya, UN telecom agency launch broadband mapping exercise to bridge digital divide
NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- Kenya and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations specialized agency, on Monday launched a broadband mapping exercise aimed at...
World Insights: What has the conflict done to the children of Gaza?
GAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Children in the Gaza Strip, making up roughly half of the population, are among the most vulnerable during the...
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Somali President Says Government Has No Hostility Towards Its People
MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Friday that the federal government had no hostility towards any Somali citizen, insisting that the country’s...
Puntland puts forces on alert over reported Hassan Sheikh visit to Galkayo
GAROWE — Somalia’s Puntland administration said Thursday it had placed its security forces on heightened alert and warned against a reported visit by President...
Somalia, UK discuss disaster preparedness and climate risks
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s National Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) chairman Mahmoud Moallin Abdulle met with UK Development Director Chris Pycroft in Mogadishu to discuss the...
