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Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | An air raid carried out by troops including those from Somali National Army (SNA) killed 12 al-Shabab militants in the central region, the allied forces said Sunday. The collective self-defense air strike, which was carried out Friday at the request of the Somali government, occurred …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Twin car bomb explosions targeting Somalia’s Education Ministry building on Saturday killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Sunday. The fatalities are likely to rise, Mohamud told media after visiting the bombing site early Sunday. Several …

Arusha, Tanzania | Xinhua | Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged the East African Community (EAC) to fast-track his country’s admission into the regional bloc, the EAC said in a statement on Wednesday. The statement, issued by the EAC headquarters in Tanzania’s northern city of Arusha, said Mohamud made the …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was inaugurated Thursday as the country’s tenth leader amid tight security in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The ceremony was graced by leaders from Ethiopia, Egypt, Djibouti, and Kenya, as well as representatives from more than 20 countries. In …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The Somalian parliament on Sunday chose Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s new president in a third-round runoff in an election that has been delayed for over a year. The 67-year-old Mohamud, former Somalian president in 2012-2017, won 214 votes from lawmakers, defeating incumbent President Mohamed …