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Somalia secures $145.6 million debt relief from France

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The Somali government has announced a historic debt forgiveness agreement with France, amounting to $145.6 million. This move marks a significant milestone in Somalia’s ongoing efforts to implement economic reforms and secure debt relief.

The agreement was finalized on Monday and signed by Somalia’s Finance Minister, Bihi Egeh, and French Ambassador to Kenya and Somalia, Arnaud Suquet.

“Today, we finalized the debt relief process with the Government of France totaling $145.6 million,” Minister Egeh stated. He noted that the agreement follows Somalia’s successful completion of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in 2023 and the Paris Club agreement earlier this year.

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The minister expressed gratitude to France, highlighting the nation’s support as pivotal in advancing Somalia’s financial stability and development goals.

France joins a growing list of countries, including Denmark, Japan, and the United States, that have recently forgiven Somali debts. These developments are part of a broader initiative overseen by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

As a result of these efforts, Somalia has become eligible for over $4.5 billion in debt relief, significantly reducing its financial burdens. This achievement represents a critical step in Somalia’s journey toward restoring fiscal health and fostering long-term economic growth.

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Debt relief is expected to strengthen Somalia’s ability to focus on essential development initiatives, such as infrastructure, healthcare, and education. By alleviating the debt burden, Somalia can channel resources toward sustainable growth, financial resilience, and improved living standards for its citizens.

This agreement with France underscores the importance of international cooperation in supporting nations emerging from financial crises, while reinforcing Somalia’s commitment to economic reform and global partnerships.

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Leaked Memo Exposes Erdogan’s Psychological Operations to Cover Scandals and Crush Dissent

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A bombshell revelation has shaken Turkish politics: a leaked internal directive from the Erdogan government’s Directorate of Communications has exposed a state-sanctioned blueprint for psychological operations designed to manipulate public opinion, suppress dissent, and deflect attention from deepening scandals involving President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s inner circle.

The leaked document, reportedly authored by Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, lays out a systematic strategy for framing domestic and international crises as foreign plots, disinformation campaigns, and opposition conspiracies. The memo, cited publicly by Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Özgur Özel and verified by multiple Turkish media outlets, reads like a handbook for authoritarian information warfare.

Mafia, Money Laundering, and Murders

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At the heart of the memo is an effort to reframe explosive allegations involving Halil Falyalı, a mafia-linked businessman murdered in 2022, whose financial networks reportedly laundered drug and betting profits across Cyprus, Turkey, and the UK with state backing. Claims from whistleblower Cemil Önal, Falyalı’s former accountant who accused Erdogan family members of participating in this criminal enterprise, were to be dismissed as “foreign intelligence plots” according to Altun’s directive.

The stakes escalated further when Önal was found shot dead in The Hague on May 1st, fueling suspicion of state-sanctioned silencing. Altun’s memo advised framing the killing as another “coordinated international smear” orchestrated by the Gülen movement.

Tactics of Suppression and Control

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The memo’s reach extends far beyond scandal management:

  • Following the Istanbul earthquake, Altun instructed media allies to praise AKP’s housing reforms while blaming the opposition CHP for stalling urban transformation.
  • In response to the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Altun urged pro-government voices to avoid political framing and focus instead on “illegality and corruption,” in what many view as a blatant attempt to neutralize Erdogan’s most formidable political challenger.
  • The directive even sought to criminalize May Day labor protests in Taksim Square, branding worker organizations as extremist threats.

The Propaganda State Grows

Since its creation in 2018, the Directorate of Communications has morphed into a bloated propaganda ministry. Its budget has exploded from 344 million Turkish lira ($9.9 million) in 2019 to 6.1 billion lira ($175 million) in 2025, exceeding funding for national defense and education institutions. Its staff has grown nearly threefold to over 1,600 employees, many of whom are allegedly deployed to steer narratives online and across state-aligned media.

Altun, the architect of this information machine, is now a central symbol of Erdogan’s authoritarian media control. His influence spans Turkey’s press, foreign diplomacy, and even corporate boards. The leaked memo confirms what critics have long warned: Turkey’s state media apparatus is not merely dysfunctional—it is weaponized.

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This memo is not just a smoking gun. It’s a declaration of disinformation war from within the palace walls.

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The Day Europe Went Dark: Chaos, Fear, and a New Age of Fragility

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When the lights went out across Spain and Portugal, chaos followed. It wasn’t just a blackout — it was a warning.

A massive blackout crippled Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, exposing how fragile modern life truly is. Chaos erupted on trains, in metros, in streets — and in hearts.

It began as a flicker.
Then the lights failed.
Then the panic began.

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Across Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, a massive, unexpected power outage plunged millions into a medieval nightmare — exposing how fragile modern life truly is.

Trains froze mid-journey.

Metros choked with panicked commuters.

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Supermarkets shuttered.

Gas stations went dark.

Phones and ATMs blinked off.

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Food supplies and communications collapsed within hours.

It wasn’t just an inconvenience — it was a glimpse into systemic collapse.

Chaos on the Rails

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Peter Hughes never expected his journey to Madrid would turn into an endurance test.

Four hours trapped in a dead train.
No power. No working toilets. No way home.

Across the Iberian Peninsula, hundreds of trains froze, leaving thousands stranded — many without ventilation, water, or clear information.

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In the countryside, local villagers became heroes, handing out food and water to stunned passengers.

Panic in the Cities

In Madrid, Lisbon, Valencia, and dozens of other cities, traffic lights collapsed into chaos, public transport died, and businesses slammed their doors shut.

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With card payments offline, a desperate cash economy reemerged almost instantly.

Hospitals switched to emergency generators.
Airports barely functioned on backup systems.

And with no reliable mobile data, millions were left in the dark — literally and figuratively.

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Modern Fragility Exposed

For many, the experience was more than inconvenient — it was terrifying.

“You realize within an hour how much of your survival depends on invisible systems,” said Eloise Edgington, a stranded copywriter in Barcelona.

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When power, money, communication, and movement all collapse at once, the modern world reveals itself as frighteningly brittle.

A Warning Shot for Europe

Authorities rushed to contain the damage.
Power companies promised restoration within hours — but it took much longer. Some areas are still struggling.

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Meanwhile, questions linger:

How could an entire modern energy grid collapse so easily?

What would happen if next time it wasn’t just accidental — but deliberate?

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If a blackout of this scale can occur without warning, what happens in a real cyberwar, sabotage event, or systemic failure?

Today, it was trains, supermarkets, and traffic lights.
Tomorrow — it could be far worse.

The Iberian blackout wasn’t just a one-day crisis.
It was a dress rehearsal for a new age of fragility.

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And most were terrifyingly unprepared.

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Breaking: Al-Shabaab Mortar Attack Hits Mogadishu’s Halane Camp

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Early Monday morning, a series of mortar rounds fired by the Al-Shabaab terrorist group struck critical areas inside Mogadishu, including the heavily fortified Halane camp — home to key international agencies — and the electricity infrastructure in Wadajir district, according to initial reports.

Residents and aid workers reported warning sirens and explosions echoing through the area before dawn, triggering fears of wider attacks across Somalia’s fragile capital.

Sources confirm that multiple mortars landed inside Halane, where United Nations missions, embassies, and international NGOs are headquartered.
At the same time, blasts reportedly disrupted sections of the Wadajir power grid, though full details on damage and casualties remain unclear.

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International Staff Were Already on High Alert

Earlier this month, international organizations had issued warnings to their employees stationed inside Halane and nearby facilities, citing a credible threat of incoming Al-Shabaab operations.

This morning’s attack validates those concerns and signals an increasing inability of Somali security forces to secure even the capital’s most protected zones.

Somali Government Silent

As of this publication, the Somali federal government has issued no official statement on the attack, despite a growing pattern of mortar and small-arms strikes throughout Mogadishu in recent weeks.

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Security analysts say the repeated attacks underscore:

Al-Shabaab’s operational resilience, despite military pressure.

Somalia’s deteriorating security environment ahead of key international engagements.

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The high vulnerability of diplomatic and humanitarian operations in Mogadishu.

Context: A Broader Collapse?

The latest strike comes amid a wider offensive resurgence by Al-Shabaab across Somalia’s central and southern regions, while the African Union’s AUSSOM forces report needing 8,000 additional troops to prevent total collapse of gains made in recent years.

Halane camp, once considered a fortress, now faces real and persistent threats, with international workers increasingly questioning how much longer operations can continue under such instability.

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Somaliland Cracks Down on Unauthorized Flags Ahead of May 18

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Police warn of arrests as political tensions rise before Independence Day; only the official national flag permitted.

Somaliland Police Ban Unauthorized Banners.

Somaliland’s leadership is drawing a sharp red line ahead of its most sacred national day.

In a decisive move, Police Commissioner Abdirahman Abdillahi Hassan, known as Abdi Dheere, announced a sweeping ban on unauthorized flags during the upcoming May 18 Independence Day celebrations.

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Only one flag — the official Somaliland national flag — will be tolerated.
Anyone displaying clan banners, political party colors, or alternative symbols will face immediate arrest, according to the new police directive.

“Somaliland has only one recognized flag,” Commissioner Abdi Dheere declared at a Sunday press conference in Hargeisa.

“Our forces have orders to detain anyone violating this directive.”

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The crackdown extends to markets, public spaces, and social media, where clan-based and political banners have appeared in growing numbers in recent weeks.

Rising Political Tensions Ahead of Independence Day

This year’s May 18 commemorations — marking Somaliland’s 1991 break from Somalia — come amid rising political tensions.
Videos have surfaced showing critics of President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro’s administration waving clan flags and calling for alternative celebrations.

Some activists on social media have openly declared plans to organize “independent May 18 events” — a move authorities see as a dangerous fracture of national unity.

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For Somaliland’s government, May 18 is more than a holiday — it is a critical platform to demonstrate unity, legitimacy, and sovereignty to the world.

Any public fragmentation — even symbolic — threatens the region’s long-standing quest for international recognition.

A Battle for the National Narrative

The police order is not just about flags — it is about who controls the meaning of Somaliland’s independence.

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Officials are determined to prevent political opponents or clan factions from hijacking the day’s symbolism for their own agendas.

On May 18, there will be no divided banners. There will be only Somaliland — or there will be consequences.

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When Love Demands a Bank Account, Not a Heart

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Financial Abuse Is the New Frontline of Gender War in South Africa.

A doctor.
A marriage.
A Mercedes-Benz.
A silent epidemic exposed.

When Dr. Celiwe Ndaba opened her heart to South Africa, she didn’t just tell her story —
She pulled the mask off a brutal national reality.

Financial abuse is the new frontline of South Africa’s gender war.
And even success, money, and education are no longer shields.

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Across TikTok, Instagram, and living rooms, thousands of women — doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs — are confessing the same nightmare:
They loved.
They gave.
They sacrificed.
And they were economically drained — left holding debts, shame, and broken dreams.

“I paid for his car. His business. His image.
He paid me back with betrayal.”

This is not poverty.
This is not “bad luck.”
This is systemic gender warfare, disguised as love.

The Double Bind: “You Must Succeed. You Must Submit.”

South African women face two chains, not one.

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At work, they must shine.
At home, they must shrink.

Sociologist Nombulelo Shange calls it “double patriarchy”

“Western pressure to succeed clashes with traditional demands to serve male egos.”

It’s not enough to become a doctor, lawyer, or CEO.
You must also be the good wife, the silent provider, the eternal fixer of broken promises.

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You must pay — and smile while doing it.

When Independence Breeds Exploitation

Women are out-earning men more than ever in South Africa.
But success has made them targets.

Cultural expectations still whisper:

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“A real man provides. A real woman makes him look like he did.”

That’s why women hand their debit cards to boyfriends at restaurants —
Why they co-sign loans for luxury cars they’ll never drive —
Why they cover rent, groceries, school fees, while their partners “manage their pride.”

Financial control becomes emotional domination.
Economic abuse becomes spiritual warfare.

Love becomes debt bondage.

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The True Cost of Silence

For every woman speaking out, hundreds stay silent — trapped by shame, fear, or misguided hope that sacrifice will heal the wound.

By the time the divorce papers come, the credit cards are maxed out, the bank accounts drained, the dreams postponed.

And society still whispers:

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“You should have known better.”

No.
We should have built a society where men know better.

A New War Cry for South Africa

Dr. Ndaba’s story is not just about marriage.
It’s about survival.

Women must understand:
Love without respect is a prison.
Affection without financial dignity is a weapon.
Success without protection is vulnerability.

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Love should not cost your freedom.

The gender crash has arrived.
South Africa must choose:
Change the culture — or watch it burn.

Success Made Her a Target: How South African Women Are Being Financially Hunted

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How Somaliland Sabotaged Its Own Historic Chance with Russia

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Confidential Russian diplomatic letters exposed — Somaliland’s foreign diplomacy collapses as Mogadishu capitalizes.

WARYATV exposes how Somaliland’s mishandling and leaks of confidential Russian outreach allowed Mogadishu to steal a historic opportunity.

In a stunning revelation, WARYATV has obtained confidential documents proving that the Russian Foreign Ministry formally proposed opening direct diplomatic engagement with Somaliland — including a strategic visit to Berbera Port.

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Instead of seizing the historic opportunity, Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry bungled the moment, leaking highly sensitive communications, and delivering a shockingly unprofessional rejection to Moscow.

Today, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister landed in Mogadishu, not Hargeisa — marking Russia’s first official visit to Somalia in decades.
Somalia is now capitalizing on the exact opportunity Somaliland foolishly let slip through its fingers. 

The Documents WARYATV Has Obtained

Russia’s confidential letter clearly outlined:

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Plans for “economic and humanitarian cooperation”

Direct diplomatic engagement in Hargeisa

A proposed high-level visit to Berbera Port, critical to Red Sea geopolitics

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But in a response that will go down in diplomatic infamy, Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry wrote back:

“Somaliland is unable to accommodate the proposed visit at this time.”

No counter-proposal. No scheduling. No diplomatic finesse. Just a bureaucratic snub — to a global superpower seeking dialogue.

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Who Leaked This — And Why?

The deliberate circulation of the Russia-Somaliland correspondence within government circles — and now beyond — is not just incompetence.
It is treasonous sabotage.

Exposing confidential interactions with a superpower mid-negotiation is an act of strategic suicide.
Sources confirm this is not the first time internal Somaliland diplomacy has been sabotaged from within — but this one has delivered catastrophic consequences.

Those responsible must be summoned immediately to the presidency for explanation.
There must be accountability — or Somaliland’s foreign policy credibility will collapse entirely.

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A Moment Lost Forever

Russia’s pivot to Mogadishu now reshapes the strategic map of the Horn of Africa — and Somaliland has no one to blame but its own reckless, self-sabotaging officials.

Imagine Somaliland telling Russia, “We’re busy right now… maybe later.” History does not forgive such arrogance or amateurism.

WARYATV will continue exposing the forces undermining Somaliland’s sovereignty from within.

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The people deserve better.

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Neo-Nazi Terror Group Exposed as Kremlin Weapon Against Ukraine

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New revelations tie Base terror group leader to Russian intelligence, raising alarms over sabotage operations targeting Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s war effort.

Neo-Nazi Terror Group ‘The Base’ Linked to Russian Intelligence in Ukraine

The war against Ukraine isn’t just being fought with tanks and drones — it’s being fueled by Russian-backed extremist terror groups hiding in plain sight.

A Guardian investigation has detonated a political bombshell:
Former members of The Base, a white supremacist terror network designated by the EU and UK, now claim their leader, Rinaldo Nazzaro, is a Kremlin spy running covert sabotage operations inside Ukraine.

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Rinaldo Nazzaro

The stunning allegations paint a chilling picture:

  • Nazzaro, a self-proclaimed Pentagon veteran, is accused of secretly working for Russia’s FSB.

  • Witnesses say he texted fluently in Russian, bragged about flying back and forth to Moscow, and fled to Russia whenever Base members were arrested.

  • The group’s latest mission in Ukraine — offering cash for assassinations, sabotage, and attacks on infrastructure — allegedly serves direct Kremlin interests.

Videos have surfaced of Base operatives torching Ukrainian military vehicles and targeting critical energy systems — operations designed to destabilize Zelenskyy’s government from within.

Former Base members now admit:
“This wasn’t about ideology. It was about serving Russia’s war machine.”

Adding to the evidence, Nazzaro controls Base propaganda via VK and Mail.ru — both heavily linked to Putin’s information networks. Massive bot purchases and reward payouts hint at deep, invisible financing — from sources far beyond fringe extremists.

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Nazzaro denies the charges, even appearing on Russian state TV to proclaim innocence. But the pattern is clear:
The Kremlin is using Western neo-Nazis as expendable weapons to bleed Ukraine from within.

As Ukraine fights on the frontlines, a second, dirtier war — one of sabotage, infiltration, and treachery — is being waged in the shadows. And Russia’s fingerprints are everywhere.

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Pope Francis’ funeral in images

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The most powerful photos capturing the ceremony, emotion and tradition in the Vatican as the world says goodbye to Pope Francis.

Funeral Takes Place For Pope Francis
Pope Francis died at the age of 88. | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Attendees gather at St Peter’s Square. | Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
Emmanuel Macron sits alongside his wife with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb during Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
The coffin of Pope Francis is carried during the pontiff’s funeral ceremony. | Fabio Frustaci/EPA-EFE
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at the Funeral. | Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Ursula von der Leyen arrives to attend the funeral ceremony of late Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Square. | Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images
Former U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden ahead of the late Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Nuns pray at St. Peter’s Square. | Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives for late Pope Francis’ funeral ceremony. | Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
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