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Somali PM heads to Morocco for Medays Forum amid global geopolitical shifts

Somali PM heads to Morocco for Medays Forum amid global geopolitical shifts

NOV 25, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somali Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre departed for Morocco on Tuesday morning to participate in the 17th edition of the Medays Inte...

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Somali Foreign Minister meets Turkish, Chinese envoys to boost bilateral cooperation

Somali Foreign Minister meets Turkish, Chinese envoys to boost bilateral cooperation

NOV 25, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) - Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdisalam Abdi Ali, on Monday held separate meetings with the...

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Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it ‘the worst yet’

Sudan’s top general rejects US-led ceasefire proposal, calling it ‘the worst yet’

NOV 25, 2025

Sudan’s top general rejected a ceasefire proposal provided by U.S.-led mediators in a blow to efforts to stop a devastating war that has gripped the...

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Ethiopian volcano erupts after lying dormant for 12,000 years

Ethiopian volcano erupts after lying dormant for 12,000 years

NOV 25, 2025

A long-dormant volcano in northern Ethiopia has erupted, sending plumes of ash across the Red Sea towards Yemen and Oman....

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Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says

Trump administration plans to review refugees admitted under Biden, memo obtained by The AP says

NOV 25, 2025

The Trump administration plans a review of all refugees admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to a memo obtained Monday by T...

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Minnesota leaders reject Trump’s claim to end Somali TPS as community rallies for clarity

Minnesota leaders reject Trump’s claim to end Somali TPS as community rallies for clarity

NOV 24, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn (HOL) — Minnesota officials, immigration attorneys, and Somali American leaders urged calm and denounced what they called “dange...

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ACSS: Al Shabaab advances threaten Mogadishu as Somalia’s federal system weaken

ACSS: Al Shabaab advances threaten Mogadishu as Somalia’s federal system weaken

NOV 24, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia faces a realistic risk that al Shabaab could seize Mogadishu and turn the country into a jihadist-ruled state, as the fede...

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How Minneapolis’ Somali community became an important source of support for Mayor Jacob Frey

How Minneapolis’ Somali community became an important source of support for Mayor Jacob Frey

NOV 24, 2025

Frey’s top challenger was the son of Somali immigrants. But Frey has been running with East Africans for decades....

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Somaliland faces education emergency as drought displaces teachers and students

Somaliland faces education emergency as drought displaces teachers and students

NOV 24, 2025

Hargeisa (HOL) — Severe drought has shut down more than 150 schools across Somaliland, disrupting classes for at least 45,000 children as families a...

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Farmaajo claims Somalia worse off than civil war years as Hassan Sheikh highlights security gains

Farmaajo claims Somalia worse off than civil war years as Hassan Sheikh highlights security gains

NOV 24, 2025

Mogadishu (HOL) — President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and former President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo delivered sharply contrasting assessments of Somal...

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