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MOGADISHU – Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre met with a high-level Turkish delegation in the capital on Sunday to bolster defense cooperation and reaffirm Ankara’s support for Somalia’s territorial integrity. The visiting delegation was led by Ambassador Ali Onaner, the Director of the Africa Department at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accompanied by the Turkish Ambassador to Somalia,...

NAIROBI – Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni held high-level security talks with senior US and British special forces commanders in Nairobi, focusing on the final stages of a major offensive against Islamic State (ISIS) militants in northeastern Somalia. The meeting with Colonel Ryan Flaherty, head of US special operations in East Africa, and Britain's Colonel Rich Grover comes as Puntland...

Muqdisho, Soomaaliya – Wasiirka Caddaaladda iyo Arrimaha Dastuurka ee Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xasan Macalin Maxamuud, ayaa maanta xafiiskiisa ku qaabilay Wakiilka Xoghayaha Guud ee Qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan Soomaaliya, Mudane James Swan.   Kulanka ayaa looga hadlay xoojinta xiriirka iyo iskaashiga u dhaxeeya Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya iyo Qaramada Midoobay, iyadoo si gaar ah diiradda loo saaray arrimaha caddaaladda, dastuurka iyo...

Muqdisho, Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya – Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Xukuumadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Mudane Xamsa Cabdi Barre, ayaa xafiiskiisa ku qaabilay wafdi ka socda dowladda Turkiga oo uu hoggaaminayo Agaasimaha Waaxda Afrika ee Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda, Mudane Amb. Ali Onaner, iyo Safiirka Turkiga u qaabilsan Soomaaliya, Mudane Amb. Alper Aktaş. Kulanka ayaa diiradda lagu saaray xoojinta xiriirka Soomaaliya iyo Turkiga, gaar ahaan iskaashiga...

Nairobi -Madaxweynaha Dowladda Puntland, Mudane Siciid Cabdullaahi Deni, ayaa kulan la qaatay Taliyeyaasha Ciidamada Gaarka ah ee Maraykanka iyo Ingiriiska ee Bariga Afrika, Col. Ryan Flaherty iyo Col. Rich Grover, kuwaas oo ay weheliyeen saraakiil sarsare.   Kulanka ayaa diiradda lagu saaray guud ahaan xaaladda amni ee Soomaaliya, gaar ahaan la dagaalanka kooxda Daacish. Waxaa si gaar ah looga hadlay guulaha...

Islamabad — Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari met a Somali delegation led by Interior Minister Ali Hoosh in Islamabad, with talks focusing on strengthening bilateral ties and boosting cooperation on security and counter-terrorism, officials said.   The delegation included Somalia’s Deputy Police Commissioner, Brigadier General Osman Abdullahi Mohamed, according to a statement from the Somali government. Discussions centred on political and diplomatic...

Kismayo — Somalia’s elite Danab commandos, backed by Jubbaland’s Darawish forces, have killed at least 28 al-Shabab militants in a series of operations in remote areas on the outskirts of Kudhaa district in southern Somalia, security officials said on Sunday.   According to commanders leading the offensive, 24 fighters from the Islamist group were killed in operations carried out up to...

Nairobi — Somalia’s Future Council, an opposition-aligned political platform, met international representatives in Nairobi to discuss the country’s fragile political situation and ways to break a deadlock over constitutional reforms and the electoral process.   The meeting brought together Future Council members and envoys from the United Nations, the European Union, Britain and the United States, according to participants. Talks focused on...

Mogadishu — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud chaired a virtual meeting of the National Consultative Council (NCC) on Saturday, bringing together federal and regional leaders to review the country’s security, political process and humanitarian challenges.   Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama, South West State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Lafta-Gareen), Galmudug President Ahmed Abdi Kariye...

Juba – Hawlgalka Qaramada Midoobay ee Koonfurta Suudaan (UNMISS) iyo Guddiga Wadajirka ah ee Dib-u-eegista iyo Kormeerka (RJMEC) ayaa soo saaray digniin degdeg ah, iyaga oo ka digay in heshiiskii nabadeed ee dib-u-cusboonaysiinta ee sannadkii 2018 uu wajahayo burbur aan dib loo sixi karin.   Hay’adahan ayaa sheegay in xaaladda siyaasadeed iyo midda amni ee dalka Koonfurta Suudaan ay si weyn...