Photo/ Somali Times The law which has been rejected by both Puntland and Jubaland provides for a winner-takes- all formula otherwise known as the First-Past-the Post which is used in Somaliland and neighbouring Kenya. The model which overturned the Proportional Representation (PR) proposed in the initial Bill by the poll body, NIEC arrived at by

Photo/ Somali Times Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 Somali soldiers and briefly captured a military base southwest of the capital on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the insurgents’ ability to launch attacks despite a government offensive. A suicide bomber detonated at the El Salini base before gunmen stormed in and briefly occupied it,

Photo/ Somali Times No group has yet claimed responsibility for bomb attack, also wounding more than 4 soldiers At least three Somali soldiers were killed after a blast struck a military vehicle on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Local police officer Feysal Mohamed told Anadolu Agency that the source of the explosion

Photo/ Somali Times Hargeisa – The President Muse Bihi suggested to the Somaliland Cabinet that President Farmajo will be in Hargeisa, and they accepted the proposal and said they would allow it. In the coming days, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo are expected in Hargeisa as they will depart from

The expansion of the Somaliland Port of Berbera and the meeting between Somaliland and Somalia leaders will be among the discussions points between Ethiopia Prime Minister Aby Ahmed and the United Arab Emirates leadership this weekend. Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in Abu Dhabi on Thursday evening for a round of talks with the

Photo/ Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has strongly criticized the Kenyan government’s interference in Somalia’s internal affairs and addressed government forces deployed in the Gedo region. The President said the troops were deployed in Gedo, saying that the Somali government is responsible for protecting the borders, and he said he would not accept

Photo/ Somali Times A surge in violent attacks, threats, harassment and intimidation of media workers is entrenching Somalia as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, “We live in perpetual fear”, the organization documents dramatic deterioration in the right to freedom

Photo/ Somali Times Kismayo-Fighting between Jubaland forces and forces allied to former Jubaland government spokesman Abdinasir Serar broke out in Kismayo Wednesday. Sources told Somali Times that the two sides clashed following an altercation as supporters allied to Serar attempted to hold a protest against the Jubbaland administration. There was no immediate information on the

Photo/ Somali Times President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Somaliland President, Musa Bihi Abdi have met in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday afternoon. The first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders were held at the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed who has facilitated the two to meet. According to Villa

Photo/ Somali Times 2 government soldiers killed, plus 3 civilians, in bomb blasts; no claim of responsibility but al-Shabaab terrorists likely At least two government soldiers were killed and more than four wounded when a bomb blast targeted a military vehicle on the edge of the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, in the wake of