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Somalia’s first offshore oil well reaches ‘critical’ layer, target expected in December
Drilling at the Curad-1 well has entered the Early Cretaceous layer, where signs of oil begin to appear, the Somali Petroleum Authority says.
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Maj Gen Barise returns as Somali army chief days after deadly ambush
Major General Mohamed Ali Barise took over from Maj Gen Madey Nuuray Sheikh Ufurow on Thursday, returning to a post he held in 2019…
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UN ends three decades of political missions in Somalia on Saturday
The UN Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia closes on October 31 at Mogadishu’s request, with its work passing to Somali institutions.
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President invites opposition to election talks as 2027 timetable dispute deepens
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called a five-day national forum in Mogadishu from November 14 to 18. Opposition groups reject the electoral commission’s dates.
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Leego ambush: Conflicting tolls after Al-Shabaab strikes army convoy in Lower Shabelle
Al-Shabaab claims it killed 321 troops; the government says it killed 75 militants. A surviving officer says he saw at least 20 soldiers dead.
