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Somalia says Mogadishu operation over as Sharif leaves flashpoint

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somalia’s government said security forces had completed a 48-hour operation in Mogadishu on Friday, as former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed left a flashpoint area after days of...
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Trump not expected to recognise Somaliland, source says

Washington (Somalia Today) — Somaliland’s hopes of securing recognition from President Donald Trump’s administration have suffered a fresh setback after a congressional source said Washington was not expected to...
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US diplomat visits Somaliland as Hargeisa courts Washington

er,Hargeisa (Somalia Today) — Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro met the senior US diplomat for Somalia in Hargeisa on Wednesday, days after Washington...
Politics

Mogadishu on edge as opposition vows protest over mandate row

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) — Somali security forces deployed across major roads and opposition strongholds in Mogadishu overnight, raising fears of confrontation ahead of a...
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Middle East

Netanyahu admits difficulty swaying Trump on Iran deal

Tel Aviv (Somalia Today) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has privately acknowledged that Israel has little room to influence US President Donald Trump’s decisions on Iran, as Washington pushes for...
World

Gunman killed after opening fire near White House

Washington (Somalia Today) – A gunman opened fire near a White House security checkpoint on Saturday evening before US Secret Service officers shot him...
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BLA-claimed suicide blast kills 24 near Pakistan train

Quetta (Somalia Today) – A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train passed through Pakistan’s southwestern city...

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Israel’s Somaliland move only the beginning, ex-minister warns

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – Former Somali information minister Zakaria Mahmoud Haji Abdi has warned that Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is not an isolated diplomatic move, but part of a wider strategy...
Middle East

Netanyahu admits difficulty swaying Trump on Iran deal

Tel Aviv (Somalia Today) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has privately acknowledged that Israel has little room to influence US President Donald Trump’s...
Middle East

UAE spent millions to bury damaging report on Yousef al-Otaiba

Washington (Somalia Today) – The United Arab Emirates paid more than $6 million to a US reputation management firm to suppress a damaging report...
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Somalia seeks Turkey’s help to unlock uranium reserves

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – Somalia is seeking Turkish support to develop uranium and other critical mineral deposits, as Mogadishu works to expand its natural resources partnership with Ankara beyond offshore oil...
Opinion

How mobile money helped finish off the Somali shilling

Mogadishu (Somalia Today) – The growing refusal of old Somali shilling notes in Mogadishu’s markets has exposed a hard truth: Somalia’s national currency is...
Society

Erdogan gives timeline for Somalia offshore oil drilling

Ankara (Somalia Today) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that Türkiye expects to complete its deepwater drilling operation off Somalia within six...

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