Somalia: Deadly clan battle renews in Abudwak town
At least 6 people are reported to have been killed, and several others wounded in a renewed clan fighting broke out on Wednesday in...
Ex MP: Parliament speaker violated constitution
Former Somali MP Ahmed Du’alle Haaf has accused Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, the newly re-elected parliament of violating some articles in the country’s draft...
Timeline: Somalia’s parliament speakers from 1956-2017
Adan Abdulle Hassan, a former Somali president became first parliament speaker in 1954 for Italian Somaliland Assembly as he led the parliament till 1959.
Abdulle was...
Prof. Jawari easily wins the re-election of Parliament Speakership
Prof.Mohamed Osman Jawari has won the re-election as Speaker of the newly inaugurated Somali Federal Parliament after receiving majority votes against his rival opponents...
BREAKING: Mogadishu on lockdown ahead of speaker’s election
Somalia’s capital Mogadishu is on lock down ahead of Lower House election which is expected to take place today.
security in Mogadishu and the surrounding...
Presidential hopeful Farole jets off to Kenya
Former Puntland President and Upper House Senator, Abdirahman Mohamoud Farole has traveled to neighboring Kenya on Tuesday, before heading to the Somali capital of...
FIFA agrees to expand World Cup to 48 teams
Wednesday January 11, 2017
FIFA President Gianni Infantino addresses a news conference after a FIFA Council in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017.
Soccer's governing body, FIFA,...
Ugandan President appoints his son, a major-general, as senior advisor
Wednesday January 11, 2017
Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has appointed his son to the position of Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations.
The appointment is...
Al Franken lays into Trump for attacking Minnesota’s Somali-American community
Wednesday January 11, 2017
On Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) used a confirmation hearing for Attorney General-designate Sen. Jeff Sessions (D-AL) to deliver a message...
Somalia’s Lower House pick its speaker on Wednesday
The new lawmakers of the Somalia’s parliament will elect new speaker on Wednesday in Mogadishu after the candidates concluded their campaign speeches on Monday.
According...
Ahulusuna formed parliament elects its leadership
Sixty five-member parliament of Somalia’s a moderate Sufi Islamic group Ahlu Sunna Waljama’a (ASWJ) has elected its new speaker and his two deputies in Dhusamareb town...
Puntland Soldiers complain of lack of salaries, poor welfare
Security forces were reported complaining about poor welfare and lack of government entitlements amid security deterioration of Somalia’s northeastern region in the past weeks,...
Galmudug president calls MPs’ move as “unlawful”
The president of the central semi-autonomous federal state of Galmudug HE Abdikarim Hussein Guled has described the parliament’s decision sacking him from power as...
Somalia: Galmudug President voted out of office by state Parliament
The President of Somalia’s Galmudug state, Abdikarim Husain Guled has lost no-confidence vote at the state Parliament on Tuesday, after MPs criticized him of...
Somalia: Senior Al Shabaab commander surrenders
A senior Al-Shabaab commander Mohamed Abdullahi Hashi Iiro gave himself up to Somali government authorities in Garbaharey district in Gedo region on Monday, sources...
ISWA police in Baidoa demolish business centres along the busy roads
South West state police force have launched operations to demolish buildings and business centers along the main roads in Baidoa, the administrative capital of...
Galmudug Marine Forces Seize Yemeni Fishing Boat With 40 Fishermen
Galmudug marine forces arrested Yemeni fishing boat with 40 sailors illegally fishing in Galmudug shores.
In an interview with VOA Somali Service, Deputy commander of...
Qatar Foreign minister receives Somalia ambassador
He the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani yesterday met Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Nasser Judeh.
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Ethiopia must ‘consolidate gains’ before lifting state of emergency – PM
Tuesday January 10, 2017
Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, says the country needs to consolidate gains made since October before lifting the current state of...
Somaliland story made up by rivals, says Speaker
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
By RAMADHAN RAJAB
Original photo of Somali PM Omar Sharmake with Ugandan ambassador in Mogadishu; top right corner depicts image of Waddani...