Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is also a member of the ‘Damu-Jadiid’ union in Garowe, met with Puntland President Said Deni. The meeting focused on electoral issues and the challenges ahead, as the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s government draws to a close. The two Damu-Jadiid puppets agreed on

Photo/Somali Times The chairman of Somalia’s Indirect Electoral Commission, Mohamed Hassan Irro, spoke for the first time about the crisis in the Gedo region and the position of the electoral commission on who will administer the elections in Garbaharey. Chairman of the Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the issue in Gedo is a political

Photo/Somali Times The President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo last night received in his office the President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Lafta-Gareen. President Lafta-Gareen held talks with several private meetings, who spoke on condition of Somali Times. Farmajo asks favour to Lafta-Gareen to re-elect him in the 2021 elections.

Former Jubaland Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Pasture of Jubaland MP Mohamed Nur Bule said Jubaland’s President Ahmed Madobe had reached a draft agreement with Kenya and Jubaland as part of Kenya. Mohamed Nur Bule said during his time in Jubaland that President Ahmed Madobe had summoned members of his party, presenting a plan for

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government’s Ministry of Security has issued an order against opposition candidates and former leaders of the country following the ban on carrying weapons inside the airport. The ministry said in a statement that no weapons could be allowed inside the Mogadishu airport. A brief statement from the ministry said the

File Photo/Somali Times Four people, including a Turkish national, and several other Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the attack took place near the Mogadishu-Afgoya road construction work, which was

Photo/Somali Times At least five Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. One of the workers is in critical condition, the sources said. Dismissing reports that the attack targeted Turkish troops in the country, sources said the perpetrator carried

File Photo/Somali Times The suicide bombing on the road took place between Mogadishu and Afgoye, where Turkish engineers and other workers are building. The blast, which was carried out by a suicide bomber, took place between Lafole and Hawa Abdi, killing and injuring several people. Reports say that the blast targeted Turkish engineers who are

Photo/Somali Times The Benadir regional commissioner for Social Affairs Basmo Amir has apologized for a statement she made yesterday about the Benadir region team’s victory in a football tournament in Mogadishu. Basmo said she was overwhelmed by the excitement of her region’s victory, which led to her losing to the Galmudug players in a penalty

Photo/Somali Times The federal government of Somalia today deployed a large number of troops at the Garowe International Airport, who have been trained by the central government of Puntland. The troops are said to be the first unit of the Puntland Police Force, a traffic police unit that has undergone five months of training in