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Somalia: UN Security Council Renews Mandate of Peacekeeping Force in Somalia for Another Year

All Africa 25 Dec 2025
New York -- The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed the mandate of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) for another year ....
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Somalia's capital votes in first step toward restoring universal suffrage

Straits Times 25 Dec 2025
MOGADISHU, Dec 25 - Residents of Somalia's ...
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Somalia's capital votes in first step to restoring universal suffrage

Straits Times 25 Dec 2025
MOGADISHU, Dec 25 - Residents of Somalia's ...
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Somalia: Mogadishu vote marks return of universal suffrage

Deutsche Welle 25 Dec 2025
For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to choose local representatives directly under the "one-person, one-vote" principle ... .
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Somalia: Somali President Backs National Dialogue, Rejects Opposition 'Threats' Over 2026 Vote

All Africa 25 Dec 2025
Mogadishu, Dec 24 -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh ...
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Somalia-Election

Citrus County Chronicle 25 Dec 2025
A woman casts her vote during the local election in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025 ... .
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Al-Shabab extremists are greatest threat to peace in Somalia and the region, UN experts say

The Associated Press 25 Dec 2025
Security Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to extend authorization for the African Union’s “support and stabilization” force in Somalia until Dec.
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Somalia's capital kicks off first direct elections in over five decades

China.dot.org 25 Dec 2025
25 (Xinhua) -- More than 500,000 voters in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, cast ballots on Thursday in municipal elections widely seen as a key step toward the country's first direct national elections in more than five decades, scheduled for 2026.
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Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

The Associated Press 25 Dec 2025
Somalia has always selected its local council members and parliamentarians through clan-based negotiations, and it is the leaders who later elect a president.
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Somalia: Somalia Parliament Approves $1.38 Billion Budget for 2026

All Africa 24 Dec 2025
Mogadishu, Dec 23 -- Somalia's parliament on Tuesday approved the federal government's 2026 national budget, totaling $1.39 billion, during a joint session of both chambers in the capital, Mogadishu ....
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Pastor: Jesus was born among the kind of people Donald Trump calls ‘garbage’

Kansas City Star 24 Dec 2025
As a pastor preparing to celebrate Christmas, I can’t ignore our president’s racist lies. Because they’re blasphemy. Opinion ... .
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NC pastor: Jesus was born among the kind of people Donald Trump calls ‘garbage’ | Opinion

The Herald-Sun 24 Dec 2025
As a pastor preparing to celebrate Christmas, I can’t ignore our president’s racist lies. Because they’re blasphemy. Opinion ... .
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Somalia: U.S. Recalls Dozens of Ambassadors, Including Somalia Envoy, in 'America First' Shift

All Africa 23 Dec 2025
Washington, United States -- The United States ...
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Somalia: Funding Cuts Impact Assistance to Millions Affected By Drought

All Africa 23 Dec 2025
Brutal slashes to aid budgets are hampering efforts to assist millions of people in Somalia affected by drought, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Monday ....
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Somalia: At Least 11 Soldiers Arrested in Crackdown On Armed Personnel Ahead of Elections

All Africa 23 Dec 2025
Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali authorities have detained 11 soldiers for carrying weapons illegally in Mogadishu, in a move aimed at ensuring security ahead of the Banadir Regional Council elections scheduled for December 25 ....

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