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Somali National Army and International partners kill 3 Al-Shabaab militants in an operation

By Khadar Aweis10 March 20241 min readvisibility1

Mogadishu, (SONNA) - The Somali National Army and our international partners carried out an operation and killed 3 three Al-Shabaab militants in the Lower Shabelle region. The operations targeted the militant group as they were organising and making a plot to hurt the Somali people.

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Somalia Accedes to Fifteen International Maritime Conventions and Legal Instruments in a Historic Modernization of Its Maritime Legal Framework

Somalia has the longest coastline on the African mainland. For 66 years, it had ratified three international maritime conventions. On 26 June 2026, it ratified fifteen more.

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Somali Referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan Appointed to Officiate Kuwait Premier League Fixture

Omar becomes one of the most prominent Somali officials on the Gulf football circuit, recognised by the Kuwait Football Association for the final weeks of the Zain Premier League season.

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President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's Independence Day Address: Somaliland, the EU, and a Nation That Refused to Disappear

In a speech that ranged from Mogadishu's midnight streets to the halls of Brussels, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud used Somalia's 66th Independence Day to deliver three messages that will define the conversation for weeks to come.

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