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International partners welcome progress in Somali elections Regional forces join offensive against Mozambique extremists U.S offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive Somali Prime Minister expels two officers from the National Intelligence Service Nigeria receives six warplanes from US to fight insurgency Bangkok closes public spaces as virus surges in Thailand Eritrean refugees under attack in Ethiopia's Tigray war Chinese COVID shot may offer elderly poor protection Somalia and Ireland discuss security support and partnership Germany warns Russia, supports Ukraine in US deal over pipeline Zimbabwe sends its 1st Black swimmer to the Olympics Gen. Milley says Taliban appear to have 'strategic momentum'

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International partners welcome progress in Somali elections

Mogadishu (Diplomat.so) – International partners* welcome the progress made in implementing the 27 May Agreement signed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and the Feder

Abdullahi Aden Kulane (Kulane Jiis)
Somali Prime Minister expels two officers from the National Intelligence Service
Field commander Sadaq John appears in the center of the photo, accompanied by the Minister of Internal Security of Galmudug State, Ahmed Fiqi, and the commander of the ground forces of the National Army, Mohamed Bihi.
Former Banadir Police Commissioner Sadak Omar leads a fierce war against Al-Shabaab
James Swan
Statement by UN Envoy James Swan to the UNSC on the situation in Somalia
AMISOM: Ambassador Madeira statement on Africa Day

World News

In this photo supplied by the Mozambican Presidency, President Filipe Nyusi, right, during a visit to his Defence and Security Force Troops in Northern Mozambique, Friday, July 9, 2021. Rwandan troops have joined the Mozambican forces to launch a major offensive against Islamic rebels in northern Mozambique as more troops arrive from South Africa and other neighboring countries to help battle the insurgency. (Photo Mozambique Presidency via AP)
Regional forces join offensive against Mozambique extremists

JOHANNESBURG (AP + Diplomat.so) — Rwandan troops have joined Mozambican forces to launch a major offensive against Islamic rebels in northern Mozambique as more troops arriv

U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, speaks during a news conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan July 25, 2021. REUTERS/Staff
U.S offers further air support to Afghan troops amid Taliban offensive
© EVARISTO SA A Super Tucano aircraft on display during a defense fair at Brasilia's Air Base in 2012
Nigeria receives six warplanes from US to fight insurgency
Thai volunteers with PPE protection suits collect a dead body which was left for hours on a road in Bangkok, Thailand on July 20, 2021. Thailand's already locked down capital on Friday, July 23, 2021 shut down parks and the few remaining public places available to residents, as the country registered a new record high of confirmed COVID-19 infections. The near total restriction on movements in the capital came as the prime minister demanded officials find ways to get the sick into hospitals after people were found dead on the streets of Bangkok. (Patipat Janthong/Voice via AP)
Bangkok closes public spaces as virus surges in Thailand
A member of a hazardous waste cleanup crew walks to clean up a warehouse which was burned during days of looting following the imprisonment of former South African President Jacob Zuma, in Durban, South Africa, July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo
Death toll in South Africa riots rises to 276, minister says

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A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, Sept. 10, 2020. (Reuters Photo)
Germany warns Russia, supports Ukraine in US deal over pipeline

Berlin (AFP + DIPLOMAT.SO) - Germany agreed Wednesday to warn Russia of potential sanctions and to support Ukraine's energy sector financially in a deal with the United S

Ahlam Sarai, a 54-year-old Syrian woman, presents vegetarian food to customers at her restaurant in the southern province of Sweida on June 20, 2021. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)
Syrian woman opens 1st vegetarian restaurant in hometown
João Leão, Portuguese Minister of Finance and President of the Council
New EU rules adopted on goods and technologies
Ethiopia, World Bank Sign $ 200m Loan Agreement
Petrol and diesel prices in Sudan rise sharply

Diplomat Memo

Somalia and Ireland discuss security support and partnership
State Minister for Foreign Affairs launches in Mogadishu the Somali National Diaspora Policy
Somali Foreign Minister discusses with the British ambassador bilateral relations
Somali ambassador to Ethiopia presents a copy of the credentials to the Protocol Chief

Spotlight

Elena, 7, left, plays a game of checkers using soda bottle tops with friend Hailemariam, 12, at a reception and day center for displaced Tigrayans in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, Sunday, May 9, 2021. The Tigray conflict has displaced more than 1 million people, the International Organization for Migration reported in April, and the numbers continue to rise. Some thousands of Eritrean refugees are among the most vulnerable groups in the Tigray conflict and are increasingly caught in the middle of the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Eritrean refugees under attack in Ethiopia's Tigray war

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP + Diplomat.so) — Thousands of Eritrean refugees are increasingly caught in the middle of the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region, where witnesses and

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 21, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
Gen. Milley says Taliban appear to have 'strategic momentum'
Somalia expresses concern about riots and violence in South Africa
President Bah Ndaw (centre) is reportedly being held by Malian soldiers near the capital Bamako
US suspends security assistance to Mali and takes measures against political and military leaders

The Insider

FILE - In this April 1, 2021, file photo, vials of COVID-19 vaccines produced by Chinese Sinopharm are seen in the office of general practitioner Gyorgy Teleki in Taplanszentkereszt, Hungary. A new study suggests that a Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection from COVID-19 among the elderly, raising questions for dozens of countries that have given the Chinese company's shots to their most vulnerable populations. (Istvan Filep/MTI via AP, File)
Chinese COVID shot may offer elderly poor protection

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP + Diplomat.so) — A new study suggests that a Sinopharm vaccine offers poor protection from COVID-19 among the elderly, raising questions for dozens of

Donata Katai is seen during a swimming practice session in Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, July 10, 2021. The southern African nation is sending the black swimmer to the Olympics, the first from her country to the Games. Seventeen-year-old Katai won African youth titles and broke youth records once held by two-time Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry, who is not only Zimbabwe's most successful swimmer but also Africa's most decorated Olympian. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe sends its 1st Black swimmer to the Olympics
South African Defence Force soldiers on patrol alongside the male single sex hostels in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, Thursday, July 15 2021. The army has begun deploying 25,000 troops to assist police in quelling the weeklong riots and violence sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. (AP Photo)
South Africa deploys 25,000 army to hotbeds of tension in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal
new Independent Anti-Corruption Commission of Somalia is getting active

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Cartooned by: Amin Amir

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