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Ilhan Omar was born on October 4, 1982, in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, as the youngest of seven siblings. She lost her mother at the age of two. Due to the civil war that began in Somalia in 1991, her family fled to Kenya and lived for four years in the Dadaab refugee camp. In 1995, they immigrated to the United States and settled in the state of Virginia. In 1997, they moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Omar began her high school education there and became a U.S. citizen in 2000 at the age

On 9 February 2026, a defense and military cooperation agreement was signed in Riyadh between Somalia and Türkiye. The agreement was concluded with the aim of deepening defense relations and enhancing military coordination between the two countries. It was officially signed by Somalia’s Minister of Defense Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and Türkiye’s Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman.The text of the agreement states that the parties will engage in broad-based military cooperation. The general fra

Spaceport is an infrastructure area requiring high security where spaceflight activities are conducted; it serves launch and reentry operations. Such facilities are structured not merely as a “launch point” but as a system in which interrelated functions—such as vehicle preparation and integration, ground support services, flight monitoring and control capabilities, and access management—are coordinated under one umbrella. Therefore, a spaceport is a multi-component facility that integrates engi

Mogadishu Local Elections (2025) are local government elections held in Mogadishu, the capital of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on 25 December 2025, marking the first time in approximately 56 years that direct voting has been used to elect local representatives.The elections aim to determine members of district-level local councils within the boundaries of the Benadir Region. Voters cast ballots for district councils. The members elected to these district councils will subsequently select the