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3 weeks ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Ammu Kannampilly |Abdi Sheikh
Nairobi — Somalia is prepared to offer the US exclusive control of strategic airbases and ports, its president said in a letter to President Donald Trump seen by Reuters on Friday. In the March 16 letter, authenticated by a regional diplomat with knowledge of the matter, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the assets included airbases in Balidogle and Berbera as well as the ports of Berbera and Bosaso.
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1 month ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Gnaneshwar Rajan |Khalid Abdelaziz |Abdi Sheikh |Nidal Al Mughrabi
17 March 2025 - 08:05 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Internally displaced Somali women carry their relief packages after receiving dry relief food from Kuwait charity, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 12 2025.
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1 month ago | 
businesslive.co.za | Gnaneshwar Rajan |Khalid Abdelaziz |Abdi Sheikh |Nidal Al Mughrabi
Somaliland has not received any proposal from the US or Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the foreign minister of Somalia’s breakaway region said on Friday. Associated Press (AP) quoted US and Israeli officials as saying the US and Israel had contacted officials from Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland to discuss using their territory for resettling Palestinians from the devastated Gaza Strip.
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1 month ago | 
azdailysun.com | Abdi Sheikh |Feisal Omar
By Abdi Sheikh and Feisal OmarMOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne and said it had killed over 10 people.
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1 month ago | 
streetinsider.com | Abdi Sheikh |Feisal Omar
1. SPY2. RKLB3. ETN4. MX5. NVDA6. ADBE7. INTC8. AAL9. FERG10. PATH Tweet Share E-mail0 sharesBy Abdi Sheikh and Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Al Shabaab gunmen killed at least seven people in an attack on Tuesday at a hotel in a central Somali town where local elders and government officials were meeting to discuss how to act against the Islamist militant group, an elder said. The al Qaeda-linked group claimed responsibility for the attack in Beledweyne and said it had killed over 10 people.
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1 month ago | 
ao.no | Abdi Sheikh
Debattinnlegg Jeg er en engasjert far, ektemann og samfunnsaktør bosatt på Grønland. Jeg har tre barn – to gutter på 10 og 8 år som spiller fotball i Vålerenga, og ei jente på ett år. Min rolle som nestleder i FAU ved Tøyen skole, samt mitt engasjement som bydelsfar i Bydel Gamle Oslo, gir meg muligheten til å bidra aktivt til nærmiljøet. Nå skal Grønland og Vaterland gjennomgå en bemerkelsesverdig transformasjon, fra et «ikke-sted» til en pulserende og mangfoldig bydel.
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2 months ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Feisal Omar |Abdi Sheikh |David Adams
Mogadishu, Somalia ReutersSomalia said on Thursday its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al-Shabaab armed group in the country’s south, killing more than 130 attackers. The al Qaeda-linked militant group has conducted a bloody insurgency in southern and central Somalia since 2007, killing thousands of people in a campaign that has been marked by deadly bombings in the capital Mogadishu.
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2 months ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Feisal Omar |Abdi Sheikh |David Adams
Balidhidin, Somalia ReutersForces from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region have captured swathes of territory from Islamic State during a weeks-long offensive they hope will draw increased international support, according to officials and Reuters reporters. The advances come against an IS faction that has gained in importance and was the target last week of the first air strikes of US President Donald Trump’s new administration.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
streetinsider.com | Abdiqani Hassan |Abdi Sheikh
By Abdiqani Hassan and Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU/GAROWE, Somalia (Reuters) -Fighting erupted on Wednesday between Somalia's semi-autonomous Jubbaland region and federal government forces after Jubbaland held an election against the advice of authorities in Mogadishu, officials said. The clashes will raise concerns that internal rivalries are diverting attention from the fight against the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group just as the mandate of an African Union peacekeeping force expires.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
marketscreener.com | Abdi Sheikh |Sonia Rao
(Reuters) -Voters in Somaliland flocked to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees international recognition within reach after three decades of de facto self-rule. Somaliland, which occupies a strategic location at the juncture of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, declared independence from the Mogadishu government in 1991.
