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Somalia launches campaign to promote women representation in parliament
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has launched a national campaign for women in an effort to achieve a 30 percent quota of seats in both houses of the country's next federal »
Ambassador Madeira welcomes the arrival of IGAD Heads of State for the first summit in Somalia
The Special Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Francisco Caetano Madeira, has welcomed the arrival in Mogadishu, of the Heads »
IGAD summit to kick off in Mogadishu
Heads of State and Government from the Intergovernmental Authority (IGAD) are expected to hold their summit in the Somali capital, Mogadishu for the first time since the regional »
Somalia khat ban angers growers, traders and users
The rattle and honk of trucks carrying bales of the leafy narcotic khat have not been heard in Mogadishu since the government announced a surprise import ban this »
DP World to Manage Somaliland Port of Berbera
Company Will Own 65% of Joint Venture With Somaliland Government Dubai-based ports operator DP World on Monday said it has won a concession to manage and develop a port at »
Somalia. Car bomb explodes near presidential palace in Somali capital Mogadishu
A car bomb claimed by al Shabaab Islamist militants killed five soldiers outside the president’s palace in the Somali capital of Mogadishu and badly damaged two nearby hotels, »
UNDP chief vows support to development in Somalia
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) will support Somalia's development, peace-building and state-building, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said during her visit to the country on »
Somalia hunts for fake-cash bank teller
A bank teller at Somalia's central bank is on the run after allegedly stealing $530,000 (£402,000), the bank's governor Bashir Issa Ali has said. Senior cashier Muhidin »
AU mission vows to deter Al-Shabaab from disrupting Somalia polls
A senior Africa Union (AU) official in Somalia said Tuesday that the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) would work with Somali security forces to deter Al-Shabaab militants from »