Mr.Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman, elected new Speaker of the House of the PeopleThe first deputy speaker of the House of the People of the Sultan Abdisamad Sheikh Muudey announced the election results saying that MP Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdi Farah has won the new Speaker of the House of the People of Somalia after receiving

Members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament today will elect the chairperson of the House, after the former governor resigned from the post. Candidates for this post are eleven candidates who meet all the required criteria, including a resignation of minister of defense to compete with the minister of defense. According

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in neighbouring Djibouti on Saturday in what was his first foreign trip since taking office in early April 2018. Abiy met with Djiboutian president Omar Guelleh with the two leaders discussing issues of mutual interest to their countries and the Horn of Africa region at large. The Prime Minister

Mogadishu- The top United Nations official in Somalia today highlighted the challenges and potential of the country’s energy sector, while appealing to investors to support its development of renewable energy sources. The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Mr Michael Keating, made the call during a visit to the Enee thermal power-generating plant in the

Photo/Somali Times Many areas under Beledweyne town, Hiraan region, flooded the river of Shabelle, flooding caused by the flooding of many IDP settlements in Beledweyne and the surrounding areas. Hiraan Governor Mr.Sheikh Hussein Osman, in a interview with  Media Groups, said 25,000 people have been displaced by the effects of floods caused by the recent

Galkayo – A Somali military official was killed on Saturday in bomb blast in Somalia’s central town Galkayo.Col. Abdi Abdullahi Mohamud has died after a man reportedly wearing IED blew himself up near a Military vehicle. An early report says the blast killed Mohamud  and two others as over six other soldiers have sustained injuries.

Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga have defended their famous handshake, saying it was done to bridge differences and promote peace, rather than further political ambitions. The two politicians were addressing mourners at the funeral service of former presidential candidate Kenneth Matiba. The March 9 handshake has been the subject of debate

Somalia has celebrated this year’s Girls in ICT day with the launch of an initiative to create gender parity in Somalia’s ICT industry. The celebrations that took place in Mogadishu were organized by Fursad .so in partnership with Somalia’s Research and Education Network  and Ministry of Post, Telecom and Technology. The event was aimed at

Qatar Airways was the first to admit that it has suffered a major setback in the sanctions imposed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Qatar Airways has lost its flight to 18 cities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain, after the countries banned Qatar in the mid-last year. Qatar Airways CEO

UAE-President of Puntland, Mr.Abdiweli Mohammad Ali, who is currently on a four-day official visit to the UAE, says the UAE is playing a key role in the development of Horn of Africa region. “Somalia and the UAE have firm historical ties and the UAE is the biggest trading partner of Somalia. The country has welcomed