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EU Del­e­ga­tion of­fice to open in So­ma­lia

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The Eu­ro­pean Union (EU) has an­nounced the open­ing of an EU Del­e­ga­tion of­fice to So­ma­lia. The an­nounce­ment was made on Sun­day in Mo­gadishu dur­ing cel­e­bra­tions to mark Eu­rope Day and fol­lows the sign­ing of an Es­tab­lish­ment Agree­ment be­tween the Pres­i­dent of Soma... More »

Re­viv­ing cul­ture to fight rad­i­cal­iza­tion

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The EU or­ga­nized an event in Nairobi to cel­e­brate So­mali cul­ture NAIROBI  The So­mali gov­ern­ment be­lieves that re­viv­ing the coun­try’s cul­ture can help tackle rad­i­cal­iza­tion among its youth, a view shared by the Eu­ro­pean Union. “We are called a na­tion of po­ets,”... More »

The Conoco – So­ma­lia De­clas­si­fi­ca­tion Pro­ject # 1

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In­tro­duc­tion: Michael Par­enti on So­ma­lia and Op­er­a­tion Re­store Hope “Just days be­fore he left of­fice in Jan­u­ary 1993, Pres­i­dent Bush sent troops to So­ma­lia sup­pos­edly to safe­guard food dis­tri­b­u­tion to its hun­gry peo­ple. Here seemed to be an­other wor­thy hu­manit... More »

Youth

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Glob­ally, 85 per cent of the world’s young peo­ple live in de­vel­op­ing coun­tries, and an ever-in­creas­ing num­ber of them are grow­ing up in cities. It is es­ti­mated that by 2030, as many as 60% of all ur­ban dwellers will be un­der the age of 18. All over the world, ... More »

Prophecy be­fore the in­de­pen­dence

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Newly re­leased doc­u­ments from 1960 show of­fi­cials pre­dicted So­ma­lia could de­scend into vi­o­lent con­flict. British in­tel­li­gence ser­vices warned So­ma­lia could lapse into an­ar­chy and tribal war­fare just months be­fore the coun­try gained in­de­pen­dence, it has been re... More »

So­mali Is­lamists dri­ven into north, south pock­ets

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 NAIROBI – A mil­i­tary of­fen­sive has dri­ven So­ma­li­a’s al Shabaab Is­lamist group out of ma­jor strong­holds and de­prived it of rev­enue sources, but its re­treat to a south­ern val­ley and north­ern hills still poses a threat, the U.N. en­voy to So­ma­lia said. The Africa... More »

Kenya Steps Back From Threat to Ex­pel So­mali Refugees

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Pres­i­dent Uhuru Keny­atta of Kenya on Wednes­day soft­ened a threat to ex­pel hun­dreds of thou­sands of So­mali refugees within three months, say­ing there would be no forced repa­tri­a­tions. Mr. Keny­atta made the as­sur­ance af­ter meet­ings with the top ... More »

Ker­ry’s Lost Op­por­tu­nity in Mo­gadishu

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Week ago, United States Sec­re­tary of State John Kerry made an un­prece­dented move for some­one serv­ing in his po­si­tion – he spent three hours in Mo­gadishu, So­ma­lia. Un­for­tu­nately, de­spite good­will and an im­por­tant meet­ing with some civil so­ci­ety lead­ers, he miss... More »

US to Re­open Em­bassy in So­ma­lia

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U.S. Sec­re­tary of State John Kerry ar­rived in So­ma­lia on Tues­day with promises of re­open­ing the U.S. em­bassy in the cap­i­tal, Mo­gadishu, and broad­en­ing Wash­ing­ton’s as­sis­tance to So­ma­li­a’s se­cu­rity forces. Ker­ry’s unan­nounced visit, the first by a U.S. sec­re­tar... More »