Tag: Somalia.
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Kenya, Somalia, agree to normalise ties after tensions
Nairobi, Nov 15 (AFP/APP): Kenya and Somalia have agreed to “normalise” relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other’s citizens after a long-running dispute over marine borders strained ties between the neighbours. The agreement, announced by Kenya’s presidency late Thursday, followed a meeting in Nairobi between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart, Mohamed…
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Floods displaced 72,000 in central Somalia
MOGADISHU, Oct 22 (XINHUA/APP):At least 72,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Belet Weyne town and other surrounding villages in central Somalia as Shabelle River levels continue to rise, the UN humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it has teamed up with local authorities to…
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Suicide bomber detonates explosives in Mogadishu mayor’s office
Police in Somalia say a suicide bomber has detonated explosives in Mayor’s office in Mogadishu on Wednesday. According to reports of Baaghitv, a suicide bomber has detonated explosives in the office of Mayor, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The blast explosion took place when Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman was holding security meeting with the…