Somalia
7.10.22
Ukraine War Pushes Millions of the World’s Poorest Toward Starvation
—Gabriele Steinhauser // The Wall Street Journal // 10 Jul. 2022 // 11:21 AM ET
Ukraine War Pushes Millions of the World’s Poorest Toward Starvation
—Gabriele Steinhauser // The Wall Street Journal // 10 Jul. 2022 // 11:21 AM ET
5.24.22
Brooks’s decline was quickly followed by a surge for Mike Durant, the former Army helicopter pilot who was shot down in the Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in 1993. However, his polling numbers later dropped after a flood of attacks from Britt questioning his loyalty to the Second Amendment and ties to Alabama.
—Tal Axelrod, The Hill, "Alabama GOP Senate primary heads to a runoff between Britt, Brooks," 24 May 2022 {11:45 PM ET}
Brooks’s decline was quickly followed by a surge for Mike Durant, the former Army helicopter pilot who was shot down in the Black Hawk Down incident in Somalia in 1993. However, his polling numbers later dropped after a flood of attacks from Britt questioning his loyalty to the Second Amendment and ties to Alabama.
—Tal Axelrod, The Hill, "Alabama GOP Senate primary heads to a runoff between Britt, Brooks," 24 May 2022 {11:45 PM ET}
10.8.21
According to The Washington Post, the ten countries that may make it punishable by death to be LGBTQ are: Yemen, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, "British diver Tom Daley says Olympics should ban countries where being gay is punishable by death," 8 Oct. 2021 {6:56 PM EDT}
According to The Washington Post, the ten countries that may make it punishable by death to be LGBTQ are: Yemen, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, "British diver Tom Daley says Olympics should ban countries where being gay is punishable by death," 8 Oct. 2021 {6:56 PM EDT}
3.6.21
20 dead, dozens wounded after explosion in Somali capital
—Tal Axelrod // The Hill // 6 Mar. 2021 // 10:08 AM EST
3.5.21
At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital
—Abdi Sheikh, Elias Biryabarema, & Grant McCool // Reuters // 5 Mar. 2021 // 10:41 AM
20 dead, dozens wounded after explosion in Somali capital
—Tal Axelrod // The Hill // 6 Mar. 2021 // 10:08 AM EST
3.5.21
At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital
—Abdi Sheikh, Elias Biryabarema, & Grant McCool // Reuters // 5 Mar. 2021 // 10:41 AM
12.4.20
Trump orders Pentagon to pull nearly all troops from Somalia
—Ellen Mitchell // The Hill // 4 Dec. 2020 // 5:06 PM EST
Trump orders Pentagon to pull nearly all troops from Somalia
—Ellen Mitchell // The Hill // 4 Dec. 2020 // 5:06 PM EST
11.15.19
“Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him," Trump tweeted. "It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors”... “I don’t think I have such powers,” Yovanovitch said with a slight laugh. “Not in Mogadishu, Somalia, not in other places.”
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, "Trump defends Yovanovitch attack: 'I have freedom of speech'," 15 Nov. 2019 {3:12 PM EST}
“Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him," Trump tweeted. "It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors”... “I don’t think I have such powers,” Yovanovitch said with a slight laugh. “Not in Mogadishu, Somalia, not in other places.”
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, "Trump defends Yovanovitch attack: 'I have freedom of speech'," 15 Nov. 2019 {3:12 PM EST}
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