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MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has appointed veteran politician and diplomat Salad Ali Jeelle as his senior adviser, the presidency announced on Sunday. The appointment is part of efforts to strengthen policy advice, planning, coordination and institutional development within th»»»

MOGADISHU: Fighters loyal to an ousted state leader in southern Somalia clashed with troops on Saturday in the city of Baidoa, resulting in several casualties, witnesses and security sources said. The fighting, in the main city of Somalia’s South West State, followed the army’s ouster in March of t»»»

MOGADISHU, Somalia— Somalia’s federal government on Saturday airlifted military supplies to the central city of Dhusamareb, according to local sources, who said the weapons were intended for newly trained troops. The forces, estimated at nearly 1,000 soldiers, recently completed training on the out»»»

President Mohamud says adopting Swahili ‘important for our integration into the region’. Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East African Com»»»

Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced. English is used as the language of instruction for most subjects nationwide at secondary schools, with Arabic the only other compulsory second language taught at the moment. B»»»