The Election Committee for the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia has announced the official schedule for the election of the Speaker of the House of the People, with the registration of candidates seeking the position beginning.
A press release from the committee...
The leader of the Towfiiq Party, Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan, said that his party will not accept and will not recognize any changes to the results of the one-person, one-vote elections held in Galmudug.
In a press conference, Sheikh Shakir said that political organizations had prepared for a free...
African Communities Together and other plaintiffs have accused President Donald Trump’s administration of discriminating against Somalis based on their ethnicity and nationality, saying the decision to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) violates the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit alleges that the administration has already decided to end...
The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, and a large delegation including government ministers arrived in Las Anod today, where they were warmly welcomed.
The Prime Minister was received at Las Anod Airport by local officials, elders, community groups and the President of the North-East Region, Abdulkadir Ahmed Aw-Ali...
The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, today officially opened the 8th session of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, addressing a joint session of the House of the People and the Upper House on the general situation of the country, security, elections, constitutional review and foreign policy.
The President said...
The commander of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. Dagvin R. Anderson, said the United States has no plans to recognize Somaliland, stating that Washington’s policy remains based on respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Anderson also said the United States has no...
Leaders of troop-contributing countries to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have called on the UN Security Council to extend its support for the mission for an additional 18 to 24 months to prevent a security vacuum that could result from the end of the current support.
The extraordinary...
May Allah have mercy on him, the famous Somali singer, Ahmed Ali Cigaal, passed away today in the United States, where he had been living for the last few years. The death of the artist has caused sadness among the Somali art community, his family, friends and the Somali...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who arrived in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, late Thursday, met with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, as preparations for the summit of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) are underway.
The meeting between the two leaders focused on strengthening the traditional relations between...
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud chaired a cabinet meeting today, which focused on the country’s security situation, the free and fair election process and the development of democratic processes.
The meeting was briefed on the latest operations by the Somali Armed Forces, with the government reporting that the forces had...