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Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini advance digital ID plans
Coingeek
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July 8, 2025
Homepage > News > Business > Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Eswatini advance digital ID plans African governments have been making strides in digital transformation, with Nigeria, Somalia, Namibia, South Africa, and Eswatini the latest to launch...
Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Acute Limb Ischemia 30 Days Postpartum in Lithotomy Position: A Case Report from Somalia Leading to Bilateral Lower Limb Amputation
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is a rare but potentially catastrophic vascular emergency, occurring in approximately 1.5 out of 1,000 cases annually worldwide. ALI involves a sudden decrease in blood supply to a limb, jeopardizing its...
Heidelberg Engineering launches ZinserLab innovation hub, expands Orbis collaboration
Ophthalmology Times Europe
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July 7, 2025
Heidelberg Engineering has announced the launch of ZinserLab, an innovation hub that will focus on accelerating the development of imaging technologies in eye care.1 The hub is named in honour of the company’s late cofounder Gerhard Zinser, PhD,...
Somalia’s Coastal Crisis: Voices From the Edge of the Sea
The Good Men Project - California
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July 6, 2025
By Guest Contributor By Vladyslav Bondarenko, maritime security specialist and Global Voices contributor. Along Somalia’s coastline, thousands of families once relied on fishing for their livelihoods. Today, their boats often return empty. Foreign...
Tensions Rise as Completion of SSC-Khaatumo Administration Sparks Rift Within Puntland
Shabelle Media Network
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July 8, 2025
Garowe, Somalia – The finalization of the SSC-Khaatumo regional administration remains a contentious issue in Somalia’s Puntland State, as political disagreements escalate over territorial boundaries and strategic assets. Questions surrounding the...
Mogadishu: military helicopter crashes, five victims
AvioNews
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July 3, 2025
A Ugandan military helicopter Mil Mi-24, registration AUO-015, crashed yesterday afternoon shortly before landing at Aden Abdulle International Airport in Mogadishu, causing the death of five of its eight occupants. The violent impact triggered...
Somalia has relied on aid for decades – can it survive without it?
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Surviving Unrepaired Tetralogy of Fallot to 43 Years in a Low-Resource Setting: The Oldest Reported Case from Somalia
Dove Medical Press
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July 4, 2025
Introduction Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) is a congenital cyanotic heart defect, first described in detail by Étienne-Louis Fallot in 1888. It is characterized by a combination of four distinct anatomical abnormalities: right ventricular (RV)...
Somalia Immigration Agency Launches U.S.-Supported Biometric System to Combat Crime and Terrorism
Shabelle Media Network
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July 2, 2025
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency has rolled out a new biometric border control system aimed at combating human trafficking, reducing illegal migration, and strengthening national security against terrorism. The system,...
Somalia’s biometric border overhaul signals deeper US engagement
Biometric Update
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July 2, 2025
In a move hailed as both technologically significant and strategically vital, Somalia formally launched the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES) at key border control points across the country. Backed by the...
Crashed Uganda military helicopter claims five lives in Somalia’s capital Mogadish
The Maravi Post
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July 3, 2025
MOGADISH-(MaraviPost)-A Ugandan military helicopter crashed and caught fire at the main international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, killing five people on board. The pilot, co-pilot and flight engineer survived with “serious injuries...
IFAD calls for Somalia Women’s Market Access Innovation Challenge 2025 proposals
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- GAC Motor) Rome/Mogadishu, 2 July, 2025. Together with the government of Somalia, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is launching the Somalia Women’s Market Access Innovation Challenge 2025, seeking proposals from...
Blinken Ordered the Hit. Big Tech Carried It Out. African Stream Is Dead.
MintPress News
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July 3, 2025
On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, African Stream published its final video, a defiant farewell message. With that, the once-thriving pan-African media outlet confirmed it was shutting down for good. Not because it broke the law. Not because it spread...
From Germany, 'war influencers' incite violence in Somalia
Deutsche Welle
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Ayub Abdirizak — or "Kabtan Ayub," as he is known to his social media followers — can easily reach hundreds of thousands of people with his posts on TikTok and Facebook. His messages often carry a blend of hatred for rival clans in Somalia and...
Peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash in Somalia
Detroit Star - Michigan
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Three of the eight personnel on board survived, authorities report A military helicopter deployed under an African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia has crashed at the international airport in the capital, Mogadishu, killing five...
Ugandan military helicopter on peacekeeping mission crashes in Somalia, 5 dead
TUKO
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July 3, 2025
At least five Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers died in a chopper crash on Wednesday morning, July 2 A Mil Mi-24 carrying eight Ugandan military personnel part of the AUSSOM mission crashed near an airport in Mogadishu Investigations...
Türkiye's Oruç Reis ship passes through Istanbul after Somalia mission
Sabah
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July 3, 2025
After completing its first intercontinental mission in Somalia, Türkiye's Oruç Reis seismic research vessel returned to the Blue Homeland and began its passage through the Istanbul Strait on Thursday. The vessel, which successfully completed its...
Second Ship Hit in Red Sea After Earlier Houthi Attack
Insurance Journal
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July 8, 2025
A second vessel was attacked by five rocket-propelled grenades in the Red Sea near Yemen, just a few hours after Houthis claimed responsibility for an earlier attack on a ship sailing in the same area, making voyages through the key region...
Complexities of introductions
The Cable
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July 8, 2025
BY OSENI OLUWATOBI I recently found myself among a group of young change-makers from Africa in a fellowship, and on average, we introduce ourselves to two new facilitators daily during our exchange program. At first, it was a chore, but it soon...
Helicopter crash kills 5, injures 6 in Somalia
News.Az
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Five people were killed and six others injured when a Ugandan military helicopter crashed Wednesday in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, according to a statement issued by the Ugandan military, News.az reports citing Xinhua. The statement said the...