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Topic: Somalia

Who is Ilhan Omar and why Trump keeps attacking her

At his Pennsylvania rally Wednesday, US President Donald Trump also attacked Somalia, calling it ‘filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime’.

UNSC backs AU transition in Somalia

AUSSOM will replace ATMIS, supporting Somali forces against al-Shabaab.

UK pledges £7.5 Million to African mission in Somalia

The additional funding will support ATMIS troops, transition to Somali forces.

UNICEF condemns execution of four Somali children for alleged association with Al-Shabaab

UNICEF urges authorities to prevent death sentences for the children as they were tried by military courts that lacked specialized child justice procedures.

Ukraine’s raid on Kursk, Somalia confiscates niqabs & other global news you may have missed 

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week

110 rescued, 1.5 mn tonnes of goods escorted, says Navy chief vowing sustained ops against piracy

Admiral Kumar says renewed Operation Sankalp last December after getting info about drone, missile attacks & attacks by pirates on vessels in Indian Ocean Region.

‘INS Kolkata carrying 35 pirates reaches Mumbai, hands them over to police,’ says Indian Navy

In an operation lasting over 40 hours in early hours of 15 March, INS Kolkata intercepted Pirate Ship ex-MV Ruen in Arabian Sea based on inputs received by Indian Navy.

MV Ruen hijacking had unmissable message—naval patrolling is a costly band-aid, not solution

Like it has done on the high seas, India needs to show leadership on dry land, too, and push the world into committing to the military and economic reconstruction of Somalia.

All about dramatic ops by India on high seas that led to arrest of 35 pirates, rescue of 17 hostages

The former Maltese-flagged merchant vessel Ruen was originally hijacked on 14 December last year by the pirates and was being used as a mother ship.

Pirates open fire on Indian Navy warship in international waters, Navy responds in ‘self-defence’

The pirates on board the hijacked merchant vessel have been called upon to surrender and release the vessel, as well as civilians they may have held hostage.

On Camera

India’s most consequential decade & chronicling it as part of the dream team of journalism

You’d think the decade of 1985-95 is long over. Not really. The issues that erupted in that decade are still shaping Indian conversations.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.