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    Galkayo (Somali: Gaalkacyo, Arabic: جالكعيو, Italian: Gallacaio also known as Rocca Littorio) is the third-largest city in Somalia which serves as the...
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  • Galkayo University (GU) was established October 2010 in Galkayo, the capital city of the Mudug region of Somalia, with the objective to contribute and...
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    in Bosaso and Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (formerly Galkayo Airport) in Galkayo, among other places. In late September 2013, a launching ceremony...
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    Airport (IATA: GLK, ICAO: HCMR), formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an airport located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central Mudug region of...
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    Galkayo District (Somali: Degmada Gaalkacyo) is a district in the north-central Mudug region of Somalia. Its capital is Galkayo. Mohamed Warsame Ali –...
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    Warsame Ali 'Kiimiko' was elected as the new administration's president, and Galkayo was declared the new polity's capital. The appellation Galmudug is a conflation...
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  • five, and its life-long consequences, Waris Dirie escaped from her native Galkayo, Somalia, fleeing to Mogadishu to escape an arranged marriage. Moving with...
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    Shabelle (Merca) Middle Juba (Bu'ale) Middle Shebelle (Jowhar) Mudug (Galkayo) Nugal (Garowe) Sanaag (Erigavo) Sool (Las Anod) Togdheer (Burao) Woqooyi...
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  • The Somali National Alliance (abbreviated SNA) was a major politico-military faction formed on 16 June 1992 by four different rebel groups that had been...
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  • a road accident between Dagari and Galkayo in the Mudug region of Somalia. He was taken to a hospital in Galkayo where he died the same day. He was buried...
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  • project with the Danish Refugee Council, were kidnapped by Somali pirates in Galkayo. Attempts by the Council to enlist local Somali elders and traditional...
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    connects major cities in the northern part of the country, such as Bosaso, Galkayo and Garowe, with towns in the south. The Somali Civil Aviation Authority...
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  • services. It serves destinations in Somalia including Mogadishu, Bosaso and [[Galkayo],[Hargeisa] ]. Flights to Djibouti, the UAE (Dubai), and for Hajj pilgrims...
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  • and Danish nationality, respectively, who were kidnapped by pirates in Galkayo, Somalia in October 2011. Both hostages were rescued in an operation a...
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  • On 21 August 2016, a double suicide bombing occurred in Galkayo, Mudug, Somalia. It killed 20 people and injured another 30. The first was a truck bombing...
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  • north-central Mudug region of Somalia. It is situated between Galdogob and Galkayo, the provincial capital. Rigoomane, Mudug, Somalia[permanent dead link]...
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    Somali social activist. She is the founder and executive director of the Galkayo Education Centre for Peace and Development. Nicknamed Hooyo Hawa ("Mother...
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  • The 2020 Galkayo bombing was a suicide bombing committed by Al-Shabaab in the city of Galkayo, Somalia. The bombing killed 17 including four high ranking...
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    Nairobi–Jomo Kenyatta Daallo Airlines Dubai–International, Mogadishu Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa Jubba Airways Bosaso, Galkayo, Hargeisa, Mogadishu...
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    Airport in Bosaso Garowe Airport in Garowe Abdullahi Yusuf Airport in Galkayo Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu Kismayo Airport in Kismayo...
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    Waris Dirie (category People from Galkayo)
    as one of twelve children into a nomadic family in 1965 in the area of Galkayo. Her first name, Waris, means desert flower. In her autobiography, Dirie...
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    and also holds German citizenship. In January 2012, he was abducted in Galkayo, Somalia while researching a book about piracy. Moore was held captive...
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  • State University, Garowe East Africa University, Galkayo and Galdogob Puntland State University, Galkayo Global Science University, Galkaio Hiiraan University...
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  • previously served as Mayor of Galkayo, the capital of the Mudug region in north-central Somalia. Farah was appointed Mayor of Galkayo on August 24, 2011 by the...
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    December 18, 2020, Roble was due to address a gathering at a stadium in Galkayo. Minutes before his arrival, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the...
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    clan. During the era of the British Military Administration he moved to Galkayo in the Mudug region to stay with a cousin, a policeman who would teach...
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    Somalia. Mainly residing in central and southern Somalia, stretching from Galkayo to Kismaayo, the Hiraab clan also has a presence in Ethiopia and Kenya...
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    7 nm). The largest cities most proximate to Garowe are Qardho (205 km), Galkayo (216 km) and Erigavo (275 km). Garowe has a hot desert climate (Köppen...
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  • of Galkayo (the capital of the Mudug region in north-central Somalia) on February 6, 2013, succeeding Saeed Abdi Farah in office. "Somalia: Galkayo gets...
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    initiators of Somaliland's independence. Burao Buloburde Djibouti Garowe Galkayo Hargeisa Kismayo Laanqayrta Mogadishu He was born in Djibouti in 1950 to...
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