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NEW YORK, Oct. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- African heads of state, senior officials and U.S. capital-markets specialists met in New York on September 23 to take up a question the United Nations put on the global agenda that same day: who will...

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(MENAFN) Somalia is hurtling toward a deepening humanitarian catastrophe, with the number of people facing acute food insecurity projected to nearly double compared to last year as drought, armed conflict, and spiraling food prices converge,...

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(MENAFN) The African Union (AU) and Somalia have strongly condemned a deadly assault in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, which claimed at least 50 civilian lives and involved the abduction of women and children.

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Despite its best efforts to ignore, even the mainstream media is covering DHS’s database of hundreds of thousands of criminal illegal aliens arrested across the country WASHINGTON – After failing to cover President Joe Biden’s open border chaos...

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(MENAFN) Somalia’s authorities have revealed that the national airline, Somali Airlines, is set to resume operations before the conclusion of 2025, over three decades after it was suspended due to the nation’s civil conflict.

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(MENAFN) A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people was forced to make an emergency landing in the water near Mogadishu on Tuesday after veering off the airport runway.

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(MENAFN) Algeria's foreign minister used the UN General Assembly stage Monday to accuse Israel of undermining the Gaza ceasefire and destabilizing multiple countries in the region.

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(MENAFN) The Somali central government has prevented two aircraft carrying security personnel from the semi-autonomous regions of Jubaland and Puntland from landing at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport ahead of planned talks between the...

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(MENAFN) A presidential decision has authorized the continuation of Turkish naval operations in the Gulf of Aden, waters off Somalia, the Arabian Sea, and nearby maritime zones for an additional year, beginning Feb. 10, 2026, according to official...

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(MENAFN) Türkiye and Somalia have officially put into effect a new cooperation framework by signing the “Türkiye-Somalia Joint Labor Commission First Meeting Protocol and the 2026–2027 Action Plan,” as stated by reports citing an official ministry...

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(MENAFN) Somali, Ugandan, and African Union (AU) troops killed more than 30 al-Shabaab militants and wounded several others during a coordinated operation in southern Somalia on Thursday, according to reports from the AU peacekeeping mission.

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(MENAFN) China's top diplomat Wang Yi delivered a forceful endorsement of Somalia's territorial integrity Sunday while condemning any coordination between breakaway Somaliland and Taiwan authorities seeking independence recognition.

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(MENAFN) Ethiopia’s top intelligence official, Redwan Hussein, conducted an unannounced trip to Somalia on Tuesday, meeting with President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud amid rising tensions in the Horn of Africa, according to reports.

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(MENAFN) Türkiye and Somalia officially enacted the “Türkiye-Somalia Joint Labor Commission First Meeting Protocol and the 2026–2027 Action Plan” on Tuesday, according to a ministry statement.

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(MENAFN) The Somali National Army (SNA) killed 17 al-Shabaab militants during an air operation in southern Somalia, the Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday.

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(MENAFN) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has pledged that Beijing will continue backing Somalia in defending its sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.

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(MENAFN) Türkiye reiterated its “strong support” for Somalia on Saturday and firmly rejected Israel’s recognition of Somaliland.

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(MENAFN) The U.S. State Department suspended all assistance to Somalia's government Wednesday following reports that Somali authorities demolished a U.S.-funded humanitarian warehouse and confiscated food designated for starving populations. "The...

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(MENAFN) The United States has temporarily halted all assistance to Somalia’s federal government after accusing local authorities of destroying a warehouse belonging to a UN food agency and confiscating 76 metric tons of food aid intended for...

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(MENAFN) The United States halts all assistance to Somalia’s government after accusations that officials destroyed a warehouse belonging to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and took “donor-funded food aid.” “The Trump administration has a...