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By Hassan Sheikh Mohamud In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged toward war over the region of Ogaden, which both claimed. Cuba’s revolutionary President Fidel Castro made a desperate dash…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Senate first deputy speaker Abshir Ahmad has lashed out at President Mohamed Farmaajo noting him and his team cannot be trusted to deliver a fair and just election. Speaking…

UN NEWS|NEW YORK: The “broad political consensus” reached in September that ended a two-year stalemate in Somalia must be “preserved and indeed deepened,” the country’s UN envoy told the Security Council…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Monday dispatched his National Security Advisor to Mogadishu where he held talks with President Mohamed Farmaajo in a bid to secure regional support amid…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU:   A military man hurled a grenade at his family’s house Monday night killing five people among them his mother and siblings in Mogadishu. Sources said the soldier from…

By UNDP Somalia  MOGADISHU:  As recently as 2012, Puntland had no women lawyers working in any of its courts. So 60-year-old Safiya Jama Gayre from Puntland’s major city of Garowe decided…

By Mary Harper| BBC|SOMALIA:   The Somali militant group al-Shabab recruits thousands of foot soldiers, but also needs people to provide public services in the area it controls. Any caught trying…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU:  Opposition presidential candidates led by former presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed have demanded President Mohamed Farmaajo drops names of civil servants and intelligence officials appointed to…

By  BBC|TIGRAY, ETHIOPIA:  The UN has urged Ethiopian authorities to ensure the protection of civilians as the army plans to attack the capital of the northern region of Tigray. Prime Minister…