Somalia
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UN launches Rs 13,296 crore humanitarian plan for Somalia
United Nations: The UN has launched the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan, seeking 1.6 billion dollars (Rs 1,32,96,40,00,000) to aid 5.2 million Somalians in need, a spokesman said. The world body…
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Two US Navy SEALs missing in operation near Somalia
Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that two Navy SEALs were missing in a recent operation conducted by the American military near the coast of Somalia to seize what it said…
- Middle East
Cargo ship with 15 Indians on board hijacked near Somalia
New Delhi: A cargo ship, ‘MV LILA NORFOLK’ has been hijacked late last evening near the coast of Somalia and is being closely watched by the Indian Navy which has rushed a…
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UN vows to help Somalia promote human rights
Mogadishu: The United Nations has reaffirmed its resolute support to Somalia in the full realisation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Catriona Laing, said on…
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UN lifts arms embargo on Somalia
United Nations: UN Security Council adopted two separate resolutions to renew the sanctions regime on Somalia-based Al-Shabaab and to lift the arms embargo on the Somali government. Resolution 2713 decides to renew…
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UN rehabilitates Somali airport to ease air travel
Mogadishu: The United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), in partnership with the administration of Somalia’s Southwest State, has rehabilitated an airport to improve air travel and movements of people in the…
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Somalia says army killed 1,650 al-Shabab militants in 2 months
Mogadishu: The Somali National Army (SNA) has killed 1,650 al-Shabab militants and injured more than 550 others during military offensives in Galmudug and Hirshabelle states in central Somalia in the last two…
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At least 20 killed in suicide car bombing in Somalia
Mogadishu: At least 20 people, most of them civilians, were killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Beledweyne town in Somalia, local officials said. According to Beledweyne District Commissioner Omar Alasow,…