SA slams Israel’s Somaliland recognition
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In his address to special joint session of federal parliament, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warns that Israel's recognition of breakaway Somaliland region risks further destabilizing the Horn of Africa regio
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Saturday that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had violated established diplomatic and legal norms following Israel’s recognition of the self-proclaimed independence of Somaliland.
Analysts say the Mogadishu vote represents the most concrete attempt yet to move Somalia away from its longstanding clan-based, power-sharing system.
Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu -- the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years -- with the city
Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as “meaningless,” warning it serves to destabilize the Horn of Africa and undermine regional unity.
Some State Department officials have proposed closing the embassy in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, as a precaution after recent gains by Al Shabab militants. By Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt The attack in the capital, which left three dead and 27 ...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has urged Mogadishu residents to vote peacefully in historic local council elections, the first in over 50 years.
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Somalia is edging toward another political crisis as opposition leaders reject plans for one-person-one-vote elections, warning they will organise parallel polls.
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