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Banaadir
Former MP Muhidin Afrah targeted in IED attack in Mogadishu
A car belonging to a former lawmaker has hit a landmine in Shibis district in Mogadishu with initial reports indicating…
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Ugandan troops in Somalia say 189 extremists killed in raid
By ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s military says it killed 189 suspected Islamic extremists with al-Shabab in Somalia…
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Parliament presses Farmaajo on ‘Eritrean trained’ youth
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Lower House Foreign Relations Committee has demanded President Mohamed Farmaajo comes clean on the whereabouts of Somali youth…
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Banaadir
UPDATE: Dhagajuun was killed by security forces-Mogadishu mayor
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Mogadishu mayor Omar Filish has confirmed that Hodan district commissioner Abdihakim Dhagajuun was killed by government security forces…
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Mogadishu district official who survived bomb attack shot dead
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Hodan district commissioner Abdihakim Dhegajuun was Wednesday night shot dead on the same day he arrived from Turkey after…
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US fires 4th airstrike against Al-Shabaab in three weeks
GOOBJOOG NEWS|BAKOOL: The US has conducted its fourth airstrike against the militant group Al-Shabaab since the beginning of the year. African…
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Banaadir
Two district officials killed in IED blast in the outskirts of Mogadishu
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: At least three people among them two district officials were killed this morning in the outskirts of Mogadishu when…
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US military says its troop removal from Somalia is complete
By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. military says its troop withdrawal from Somalia is complete, in one…
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No word on US pull-out from Somalia as deadline lapses
GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Trump’s order to withdraw troops from Somalia has remained in the balance after the January 15 deadline…
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Puntland forces nab 25 Al-Shabaab, ISIS suspects in Bosaso
GOOBJOOG NEWS|BOSASO: Puntland forces arrested 25 people Monday night suspected to belong to the militant groups Al-Shabaab and ISIS. The…
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