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Somali: Mogadishu residents welcome introduction of direct vote


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The decision by Somalia's leaders to change the country's electoral process from an indirect clan-based system to a one-man, one-vote dispensation has been welcomed by many in the capital Mogadishu. Residents said universal adult…

Somalian bomb attack kills five in Mogadishu


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Militants stormed a regional government office in Somalian capital on Sunday, and five civilians were killed, the government said. The founder of the Aamin ambulance service, Abdulkadir Adan, told Press, that his team collected 16…

Somalia: Horse riding course Increases


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More Students in Somalia have embarked on Horse Riding Course as the first Horse riding stable was opened in the country. Each student paying $100 per month. People came out of their homes to watch two young men atop white…

Somalian Prominent journalist killed in Mogadishu bomb blast


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A prominent Somali journalist who was a staunch critic of jihadist group Al-Shabaab was killed by a suicide bomber as he left a restaurant in the capital Mogadishu Saturday, officials and colleagues said. Al-Shabaab claimed…

Somalia to hold indirect election in October


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Somalia will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said on Tuesday, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by a delay in holding the election. After a series of meetings between the…

UN condemns mortar attack on Mogadishu airport


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The UN top envoy in Somalia has condemned a mortar attack on an international airport in Mogadishu which injured an unknown number of people. The mortar attack targeted the offices of United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission…