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Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama chaired a bilateral meeting with European Union ambassadors to discuss progress on direct elections and security in Somalia. The discussions included the completion of the constitution and the ongoing electoral process in various regions.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Residents of Somalia's capital woke up under a de facto curfew on Saturday after federal government security forces were deployed across several districts of Mogadishu.

Somalia participated for the first time in the Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum (ITF) held in Leipzig, Germany, from May 6 to 8. The Somali delegation was led by the Director General of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

A journalist who covered the case of a woman who said she was being tortured in prison was detained and beaten with pistols by Somali authorities, along with two others, for his reporting for the Guardian.

Mogadishu (HOL) — A Somaliland delegation led by Trade and Tourism Minister Abdirahman Hassan Nur met Israeli business representatives in Addis Ababa on Thursday to discuss strengthening trade and investment cooperation between the two sides.

Mogadishu (HOL) — More than 6 million people in Somalia are facing acute hunger as drought, rising food and fuel prices and deep humanitarian funding cuts push the country closer to famine, Oxfam warned.

[Nile Post] On May 6, the Somali National News Agency reported that 13 members of what it described as the Khawarij militias, including senior commanders, were killed in a planned military operation carried out by the national army in cooperation with local resistance forces in the Mudug region.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's Cabinet on Thursday approved new regulations governing private security services and reviewed the growing economic impact of regional instability, including disruptions linked to tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said.