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THE NEW YORK TIMES|MOGADISHU: The sea of rag-and-stick tents that spreads in every direction from the hungry, embattled city of Baidoa, in southern Somalia, gives way to sprawling plains controlled…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Police in Mogadishu’s Banadir region have reigned in on a man accused of sharing videos on a popular media app, TikTok, of him sexually assaulting young girls. Police…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|KISMAYO: Somali National Forces have killed two Khawarij ringleaders following a special operation carried out in the Dhursheen area, near Bakool, in Somalia’s Southwest state. According to a military…

SAVE THE CHILDREN|BAIDOA: A single graveyard in Somalia has been filled with the bodies of 230 children as malnutrition soars to levels not seen since famine was last declared in…

NATION AFRICA|NAIROBI: Remember the construction of a 700-kilometre concrete wall along the Kenya-Somalia border aimed at restoring peace in the region and keeping at bay the Al-Shabaab militia group? Now…

REUTERS|CAIRO: Al Qaeda’s regional branch urged Muslims around the world to shun the soccer World Cup in Qatar, though it stopped short of threatening attacks or promoting violence in connection…

VOA|MOGADISHU: A media watchdog in Somalia says the government is pressuring one of its leaders to stop criticizing authorities. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), is…

AP|SPRINGFIELD, Va.: A former high-ranking Somali army officer accused of multiple human rights violations against Somali civilians during the 1980s was arrested in Springfield, Virginia, Homeland Security Investigations announced Friday.…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Police in Mogadishu foiled an attempted attack this morning after they seized a vehicle loaded with explosives in the Daljirka Dahsoon area, in Somalia’s capital. Police spokesperson Col.…