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Somalia: Somali President Urges Residents to Turn Out in Historic Mogadishu Local Elections

All Africa 26 Dec 2025
Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has described the ongoing Banadir regional local council elections as a historic milestone and a symbol of the country's democratic recovery ....
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Seattle-area Somali community on edge after Trump lashes out

The Lawton Constitution 26 Dec 2025
SEATTLE — Abdi Jama’s phone started buzzing with questions from community members a month ago, when President Donald Trump referred to people from Somalia as “garbage” and said they should “go back to where they came from.” ... .
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wears hijab in solidarity with Somalis as feds probe multibillion-dollar ...

New York Post 26 Dec 2025
“I am incredibly clear that the Somali community is part of the fabric of the state of Minnesota,” Flanagan said at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis alongside local officials in a video released by Somali TV of Minnesota on Thursday.
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Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

Newsday 26 Dec 2025
The election of local council members, to be conducted across Mogadishu’s 16 districts, has been organized by the Somali federal government but rejected by opposition parties, which have called the election flawed and one-sided ... Sign up ... 25, 2025 ... 0.17.
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UNHCR: Over 53,000 Somali Refugees in Yemen Returned Home Since 2015

YemenOnline 25 Dec 2025
Aden -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that more than 53,000 Somali refugees in Yemen have returned to their homeland since the outbreak of war in the country.
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