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EUNAVFOR Provides Details on Abducted Fishing Boat to Somalia for Follow-Up

The Maritime Executive 01 Dec 2023
Media reports in Somalia last week highlighted the seizure of the ALMERAJ 1 possibly as a stateless vessel involved in illegal fishing activities ... EUNAVFOR began investigating the reports of an abduction of what they are calling an Iranian-flagged fishing dhow off the coast of Eyl (Puntland, Somalia).
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Palestinian refugees in Lebanon mourn, fear for family in war-torn Gaza

Al Jazeera 01 Dec 2023
Tripoli, Lebanon – When the humanitarian pause started in Gaza, Fatmeh Abu Swareh hadn’t heard from her daughter Wafaa in nearly two weeks ... end of list ... Najjar said the images he’s seen in the media recall other humanitarian catastrophes like Yemen and Somalia ... Reports from Palestinian media said Israeli navy boats shot missiles at the coast of Gaza ... .
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US and UK Safety Warnings for Shipping in Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean

The Maritime Executive 29 Nov 2023
... but also of a possible resurgence of piracy coming from the coast of Somalia. At the end of last week, media in Somalia was highlighting a new possible threat after a fishing vessel was reported to have been taken by pirates possibly as part of a dispute over illegal fishing.
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Ethiopia’s efforts to establish right to Red Sea port raises concerns among neighbors: Egyptian Justice Party

Egypt Independent 26 Nov 2023
The speech was well-received by Ethiopian media and political circles, the statement added, but has drawn out concern from neighbors such as Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia – countries that the speech addressed as potential ...
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‘The river took it all’: Somalis wait for waters to recede as floods kill dozens

The Observer 22 Nov 2023
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said a quarter of Somalia’s population is forecast to face “crisis-level” hunger or worse by the end of this year ... Bilan is a groundbreaking all-female media team, covering hard news and in-depth features in Somalia, and making sure women’s voices are heard.
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EU country to further close border with Russia

Russia Today 22 Nov 2023
It closed four last week ... The “surge” of migrants has amounted to 50-100 a day across all checkpoints, according to Finnish media reports. The outlet Yle said that 51 asylum-seekers from Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria arrived at the Salla checkpoint on Wednesday, while another 11 were stopped at Vartius ... .
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Russia puts migrants on scooters and tells them to cross border into Europe

AOL 19 Nov 2023
Russia has directed unspecified interference at the border,” he said ... Finnish media reported that 300 migrants, mainly young men from Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Somalia, had crossed into Finland from Russia this week, up from near zero in a normal week ... .
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Finland will close 4 border crossings with Russia, accusing Moscow of organizing flow of migrants

The Los Angeles Times 17 Nov 2023
The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them.
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Finland to bar Russian crossings

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 17 Nov 2023
The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them ... In a post on social media ...
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Finland to close 4 border crossing points after accusing Russia of organizing flow of migrants

Times Argus 16 Nov 2023
There are currently nine crossing points with one dedicated to rail travel only ... The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them ... ....
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Finland will close 4 border crossings with Russia, accusing Moscow of organizing a flow of migrants

The Sun Chronicle 16 Nov 2023
The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them ... In a post on social media ...
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News-Press Now 16 Nov 2023
The Finnish Border Guard says migrants have in the past days arrived mainly from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Somalia, and nearly all have arrived at the border zone on bicycles that Finnish and Russian media reports say were provided and sold to them ... In a post on social media ...
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‘Changing takes time’: how female photographers in Africa are redefining their lives

The Observer 31 Oct 2023
The exhibition also features visual works by 12 female photographers from Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Rwanda ... Photographer Fadumo Mohamoud Ali shows women in moments of ease and abandon in their everyday lives – rare images in prevailing media coverage of Somalia ... Fadumo Mohamoud Ali documents women in Somalia.
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FIRST FOREIGN BANK OPENS IN SOMALIA IN DECADES

Malaysian National News Agency 30 Oct 2023
FIRST FOREIGN BANK OPENS IN SOMALIA IN DECADES. " data-media=""> ... MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct ... The CBS said the operationalisation of the first foreign bank in Somalia will boost the financial sector in the country by increasing economic opportunities and trade between the country and its trading partners.
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Somalis rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Mogadishu, demand end to Israeli attacks on Gaza

Anadolu Agency 20 Oct 2023
Abshir Ahmed, a university student who took part in the rally, told Anadolu that he came to the protest "to show the world that the Palestinian issue is the issue of Somalia, and their suffering is our suffering." ... of international media, which we have seen them," she said.

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss", Ukrainian soldiers pass by a volunteer bus burning after a Russian drone hit it near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023.
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