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    Russia says ready to supply weapons to Somalia

    Russia says ready to supply weapons to Somalia

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    Two men executed for murder in south-western Somalia

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    Senate passes National ID and Registration bill

    REVEALED: Al-Shabaab mass destruction ahead of Sabiib fall

    ANTI-TERRORISM BILL: Somali gov’t to seize property of convicted terrorists

    Somalia’s Upper House approved National Audit Bill

    The Upper House postpones a critical bill

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    The power bill got the OKay from the Senate.

    Somalia parliament debated on NISA and Immigration bills

    Somalia parliament debated on NISA and Immigration bills

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    OP-ED: The journey of a book

    OP-ED: The journey of a book

    National Education Conference: Expanding access and quality education in Somalia

    National Education Conference: Expanding access and quality education in Somalia

    Education stakeholders call for reforms, standardisation and resource allocation

    Education stakeholders call for reforms, standardisation and resource allocation

    Somali students arrive in Serbia for scholarship programme

    Somali students arrive in Serbia for scholarship programme

    Five-day National Education Conference opens today in Mogadishu

    Five-day National Education Conference opens today in Mogadishu

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    Somalia could plunge into famine by June-FAO

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    FAO, HirShabelle appeal for urgent aid as floods wreak havoc in Hiiraan region

    FAO, HirShabelle appeal for urgent aid as floods wreak havoc in Hiiraan region

    Thousands at risk as floods wreak havoc across Somalia

    UN warns of looming floods in Bulo Burte in Hiiraan region

    Floods kill 22 people in Somalia-UN

    Floods kill 22 people in Somalia-UN

    Flooding In Somalia Displaces 200,000 People

    Flooding In Somalia Displaces 200,000 People

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    Saudi government donates food aid to thousands of families in Somalia

    Saudi government donates food aid to Somalia

    Mogadishu Port Remains Closed Over Tariff Dispute

    Former Somali lawmaker involved in Mogadishu twin explosions

    World expresses solidarity with Somalia after attack

    Somali soldiers allegedly tortured former MP

    Somali soldiers allegedly tortured former MP

    NUSOJ impasse deepens as ILO recognises Farouk as Secretary General

    NUSOJ impasse deepens as ILO recognises Farouk as Secretary General

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    Boost for Somalia as EU approves €20.5m budget support

    African pharmaceutical technology foundation receives endorsement

    African pharmaceutical technology foundation receives endorsement

    Prime Minister Barre in Egypt for the AfDB annual meeting

    Prime Minister Barre in Egypt for the AfDB annual meeting

    US pledges to support East Africa’s private sector

    US pledges to support East Africa’s private sector

    Somalia inches closer to debt relief-IMF

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    Somalia meteorite: Joy as scientists find two new minerals

    Uganda successfully launches its first satellite into space

    Uganda successfully launches its first satellite into space

    Banaadir Hospital gets major upgrade from Chinese government

    Banaadir Hospital gets major upgrade from Chinese government

    Opinion: Could Somalia become the next Texas?

    PSA CONUNDRUM: Roble, Farmaajo were ‘supportive’, Coastline Exploration ‘perplexed’

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    Controvery in Somalia as gov’t COVID-19 Twitter handle used to spread political messages

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    Somalia- Analysis: Could this be Somalia’s best chance to defeat Al-Shabab

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    Climate change; a shared global concern

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    A deadly decade for Somalia’s journalists

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    President Mohamud: There is no turning back. We must finish off Al-Shabaab

    President Mohamud: There is no turning back. We must finish off Al-Shabaab

    Left behind: Deeply broken Somalia

    Left behind: Deeply broken Somalia

    OP-ED: Terrorism has no nationality, ethnicity nor religion. FETO threatens humanity as a whole”

    OP-ED: Terrorism has no nationality, ethnicity nor religion. FETO threatens humanity as a whole”

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      Senate passes National ID and Registration bill

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      REVEALED: Al-Shabaab mass destruction ahead of Sabiib fall

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      Somalia parliament debated on NISA and Immigration bills

      Somalia parliament debated on NISA and Immigration bills

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      OP-ED: The journey of a book

      OP-ED: The journey of a book

      National Education Conference: Expanding access and quality education in Somalia

      National Education Conference: Expanding access and quality education in Somalia

      Education stakeholders call for reforms, standardisation and resource allocation

      Education stakeholders call for reforms, standardisation and resource allocation

      Somali students arrive in Serbia for scholarship programme

      Somali students arrive in Serbia for scholarship programme

      Five-day National Education Conference opens today in Mogadishu

      Five-day National Education Conference opens today in Mogadishu

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      Somalia could plunge into famine by June-FAO

      UN, major donors to mobilise drought response for Horn of Africa in New York

      FAO, HirShabelle appeal for urgent aid as floods wreak havoc in Hiiraan region

      FAO, HirShabelle appeal for urgent aid as floods wreak havoc in Hiiraan region

      Thousands at risk as floods wreak havoc across Somalia

      UN warns of looming floods in Bulo Burte in Hiiraan region

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      Floods kill 22 people in Somalia-UN

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      Flooding In Somalia Displaces 200,000 People

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      Somali soldiers allegedly tortured former MP

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      NUSOJ impasse deepens as ILO recognises Farouk as Secretary General

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      Boost for Somalia as EU approves €20.5m budget support

      Boost for Somalia as EU approves €20.5m budget support

      African pharmaceutical technology foundation receives endorsement

      African pharmaceutical technology foundation receives endorsement

      Prime Minister Barre in Egypt for the AfDB annual meeting

      Prime Minister Barre in Egypt for the AfDB annual meeting

      US pledges to support East Africa’s private sector

      US pledges to support East Africa’s private sector

      Somalia inches closer to debt relief-IMF

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      Somalia meteorite: Joy as scientists find two new minerals

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      Uganda successfully launches its first satellite into space

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      Banaadir Hospital gets major upgrade from Chinese government

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      Left behind: Deeply broken Somalia

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      Somalia urged to pass law banning ‘horrendous’ FGM

      Wednesday August 3, 2016
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      Somalia’s next government should ensure a law is passed banning all forms of female genital mutilation (FGM), a U.N. official said on Tuesday, describing the deeply entrenched practice as a “horrendous rights violation”.

      Somalia has the world’s highest rate of FGM with 98 percent of women between 15 and 49 having been subjected to the potentially deadly ritual.

      A bill on FGM is sitting in parliament but is unlikely to be debated until next year because of elections expected this month in the Horn of Africa country.

      Jeremy Hopkins, deputy representative for UNICEF in Somalia, said the U.N. children’s agency was optimistic a law would eventually go through, but the details in it would be crucial.

      “Our approach for the legislation is to go slow. We don’t want to risk this being politicized,” he said in an interview in London.

      “We promote total abandonment of FGM, whereas there is a large part of public opinion in Somalia which will promote a milder form of FGM,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

      Most women in Somalia have undergone the severest form of FGM, known as infibulation, in which the external genitalia are sliced off and the vaginal opening sewn up.

      The cutting is usually done by traditional circumcisers, sometimes using rusty and unsterilized instruments.

      Hopkins said there was evidence that families were moving toward “a milder form of FGM”, but that this was not something UNICEF condoned.

      “I would say there has been quite a big shift in recent years away from infibulation to this lesser form,” he added.

      It is not clear whether the alternative form involves a small nick or the partial removal of the clitoris.

      Hopkins said UNICEF was concerned that parents appeared to be increasingly taking their daughters to clinics to undergo FGM.

      Campaigners say the “medicalisation of FGM” serves to legitimize the practice.

      “It’s still a horrendous rights violation and I would question the integrity of any health staff who undertake such (a procedure),” Hopkins said.

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      FGM often causes a host of health problems. In some cases girls may bleed to death or die from infections. Others may suffer fatal childbirth complications later in life.

      However, the ancient ritual is widely considered a prerequisite for marriage in Somalia where uncut girls risk ostracisation.

      Many also believe FGM is a religious obligation even though it is not mentioned in the Koran.

      The northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland has led the way in tackling FGM with religious leaders issuing a fatwa against the practice at the end of 2013.

      Hopkins said this was a significant step and would have been inconceivable a decade ago.

      He hoped discussions on a fatwa could be restarted with religious leaders in the neighboring semi-autonomous region of Somaliland who have previously opposed issuing a decree.

      Hopkins said he had met families in Somalia whose daughters had died from FGM and women whose lives had been destroyed by debilitating childbirth injuries related to FGM.

      But he said even if parents understood the risks they often felt compelled to have their daughters cut.

      “I remember 12 years ago a father saying, ‘We get that it’s bad for our daughters, but I want my daughter to have a husband. What are you going to do about that?’,” Hopkins said.

      UNICEF has therefore adopted an approach to encourage communities to give up FGM collectively through public declarations.

      Hopkins said 120 villages had so far abandoned FGM meaning uncut girls would be able to find a husband within their communities.

      Reuters

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