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US note: willing to support a 12-month drawdown followed immediately by liquidation of the $500M UNSOS office, starting January 2027.
Mogadishu Seaport received its first direct sugar shipment from Sri Lanka as traders bypass Gulf routes after Red Sea tensions displaced over 85,000 in Yemen.
The USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier and strike group was also relentlessly bombing targets in Somalia while also attacking Houthi threats in Yemen, a top admiral revealed Monday. The aircraft carrier and its strike…
Clashes in Baidoa between Somalia's federal troops and militias loyal to the former Baidoa president intensified, with heavy fighting in the city center and reports of casualties as both sides exchange fire. The confrontation threatens to worsen a dire humanitarian crisis in Baidoa, a city of more than a million people hosting displaced populations and high rates of child malnutrition, amid disputed claims of control.
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Pope Leo XIV Urges More International Aid for Somalia Crisis
WFP has only a tenth of its 2022 resources as 6 million Somalis face acute food insecurity; Pope Leo XIV appealed Sept. 20 for international aid.
Sep 21, 2026
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