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    Traditional elders urge opposition leaders to join national consultation forum

    Saturday June 14, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – A group of traditional elders on Saturday called on opposition leaders to participate in the National Consultation Forum convened...

    Mudug governor denies torture of Southwest elders and traders shown bound in viral photos

    Wednesday June 11, 2025Galkacyo (HOL) — The Governor of Mudug region, Faysal Abdullahi Sheikh (Jifojabsade), has denied allegations that traders and elders from...

    Top Somali security officials meet Tardo elders to bolster fight against Al-Shabaab

    Wednesday May 28, 2025Beledweyne (HOL) – Senior Somali government and regional leaders held a high-level meeting with traditional elders in Tardo town, Hiiraan...

    NISA chief engages Hiiraan region elders to boost anti-al-Shabaab campaign

    Thursday May 22, 2025Beledweyne (HOL) – The Director of Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sanbaloolshe, is holding high-level...

    Somali elders ban lavish wedding customs to ease financial burden on youth

    Tuesday May 20, 2025Nairobi (HOL) — Religious and community leaders in Ethiopia’s Somali Region have issued a binding decree banning lavish wedding customs...

    Somaliland elders call for unconditional release of SSC-Khaatumo detainees

    Tuesday May 6, 2025FILE - Saleebaan Mohamoud AdanHargeisa (HOL) — Somaliland’s House of Elders has called on the regional government to unconditionally release...

    NISA chief, Hirshabelle VP hold security talks with elders in Moqokori district

    Friday March 28, 2025Moqokori (HOL) – The Director of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Sambaloolshe, and Hirshabelle...

    Somali airstrike kills senior Al-Shabaab leaders and elders in Galguduud region

    Friday March 21, 2025Mogadishu (HOL) – The Somali National Army (SNA), in collaboration with the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), carried out...

    Mandheera elders ban khat, deny marriage and funeral rights to users

    Thursday February 20, 2025Vendors exchange bundles of khat (miraa) at a market in Kenya, where the stimulant leaf is widely cultivated and traded....

    Somali elders apologise to Ruto after ‘Uongo’ heckling incident

    by Frankline OduorMonday February 10, 2025Just two days after President William Ruto was heckled by a crowd he was addressing during his recently...

    Kenya sends community elders to Somalia to negotiate release of 5 abducted chiefs

    By Franklin WallahFriday February 7, 2025The Mandera control post at the border of Kenya and Somalia.Kenya has sent a multi-agency team led by...

    Somali elders to negotiate release of abducted chiefs

    By Zadock AngiraWednesday February 5, 2025Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs during a past function. PHOTO/PRINTKenya plans to send Somali elders to Somalia to negotiate...

    Kenya to send Somali elders to negotiate release of abducted elders near border

    Tuesday February 4, 2025Nairobi (HOL) – Kenyan government is preparing to send Somali elders to negotiate the release of five local chiefs abducted...