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Somali rickshaw driver killed in Mogadishu weeks after U.S. visa lottery win

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A young rickshaw driver who had recently won the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery was shot and killed late Sunday in Mogadishu’s Dayniile district, police and relatives said, shattering plans to migrate with his pregnant wife and intensifying concern over attacks on transport workers. Police identified the victim as Abdirisaq Abukar Mohamed. Family members said he was driving his three-wheeled motorized rickshaw when gunmen opened fire, striking him in the chest and throat. He died at the scene. Somali police…

Somali Leader Extends Congratulations to Trump on Winning Election

Mogadishu (AX) - In a gesture of international camaraderie, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud extended warm congratulations to Donald Trump on his triumphant return to the U.S. presidency. Beating Kamala Harris from the Democratic camp, his victory is something of a political legend in the making. Trump's remarkable rebound sees him stepping back into the Oval Office, etching his name into the annals of history as the first U.S. president in over a century to win non-consecutive terms. Some might call it a comeback for…

Muse Bihis Kulmiye on the verge of winning Somaliland’s local votes

Muse Bihis Kulmiye on the verge of winning Somaliland's local votes HARGEISA, Somalia - The ruling Kulmiye party is on the verge of winning a majority in Somaliland's parliamentary and civic votes, based on the results released by the region's electoral commission . For the first time in history, at least 1 million voters got a chance to vote for their leaders in the secessionist region of…