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By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Nairobi, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The United Nations has appointed its first special envoy for Somali refugees to ensure they receive protection, following accusations by a rights group that Kenya has been forcing them out of the world’s largest refugee camp in a...
By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Mogadishu, Somalia ( Anadolu Agency + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Mogadishu, with military support from African Union’s peacekeeping forces, had managed to reduce the threat from the al-Shabaab terrorist group. In an exclusive interview conducted by Anadolu Agency...
By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( ENA + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Countries hosting Ethiopian embassies in Europe have begun filing charges against those who trespass the vicinities of the embassies in those countries, Tewolde Mulugeta Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. In his weekly briefing he ...
By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Brussels, Belgium (DIPLOMAT.SO)- The Somali Federal Indirect Election Implementation Team (FIEIT) has announced a further one month delay of the electoral calendar, with the election of the new President to now take place on 30 November 2016. This marks a second extension going beyond the constitutio...
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Mogadishu, Somalia ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – The AU Special Representative for Somalia Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira has said Somalia needs a multi-pronged approach to solving long-standing challenges. Ambassador Madeira said restoration of peace and stability in the country needed the involvemen...
By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Baidao, Bay region, Somalia (DIPLOMAT.SO) – A new, multi-purpose building for use by the Interim South West Administration’s (ISWA) ministry of planning and international cooperation has been inaugurated in Baidoa. The facility, which comprises a conference center and administrative offices, wi...
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Mogadishu, Somalia ( DIPLOMAT.SO) – The United States strongly condemns the September 27 assassination of Somali journalist Abdiaziz Mohamed Ali Haji in Mogadishu. Mr. Abdiaziz Ali Haji worked for Radio Shabelle/Shabelle Media Network. The United States extends sincere condolences to Mr. Abdiaz...
By Tajuddin
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Sep 30th, 2016
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Washington ( Reuters + DIPLOMAT.SO) – US Congress on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama’s veto of legislation allowing relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, the first veto override of his presidency, just four months before it ends. Th...
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Sep 30th, 2016
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New York ( UN News Centre + DIPLOMAT.SO) – Regretting an extension to the 2016 electoral process in Somalia announced by the country’s electoral body, the United Nations Security Council has called on all parties in the country to upload their commitments on the elections and to come to an agreement ...
