MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Hafsa was married at age 13 by her father to a man who paid $ 100. She and her mother say she was beaten and raped for two years before convincing him to divorce her. Nurta Mohamed, 13, a Somali girl sits in her mother’s prose shelter …
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At least nine people have been killed and more than a dozen injured in a gun and bomb attack by suspected al-Shabab fighters at an upmarket beachfront hotel in the Somali capital, officials and witnesses said. Security forces struggled to regain control of the Elite Hotel in the Lido beach …
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At least eight soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded after a suicide bomber detonated a car with explosives on Saturday. Soldiers opened fire after the blast sent clouds of smoke into the air, said Halima Abdisalan, a mother of three who lives near the area. “We were walking indoors …
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An ambulance is seen near an explosion site that rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia August 8, 2020. REUTERS / Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A huge explosion on Saturday shook a military base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, near a stadium, killing at least eight people and injuring …
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a distrust vote on Saturday, as a power struggle between him and the president came to light. FILE PHOTO: Newly-appointed Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire attends Parliament seats where he was confirmed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on …
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