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Former founder Al-Shabab terror network, Sheikh Sharif becomes the first candidate to register for Somalia presidential election

Photo/Somali Times The registration of candidates for the 10th presidency of the Federal Republic of Somalia has officially started in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The first candidate to register was former founder Al-Shabab terror network Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed who is seeking for the presidential election 2022-2026. It is imposible to elected former Al-Shabab

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Somali presidential candidate using fake US dollars to bribe lawmakers

File Photo/Somali Times Credible reports obtained by Somali Times say that counterfeit dollars have been introduced to bribe Somali lawmakers, which is intended to be used for the election of the new presidental election of Somalia. The May 15th presidential election looming, candidates are campaigning hard to secure lawmakers’ votes at a hefty price. Reliable

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Somalis says Farmajo will be re-elected

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is favored to win the upcoming elections is due to the overwhelming support of millions of Somalis abroad and at home, including ethnic Somalis living under the neighboring States of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. This support isn’t based on tribal affiliation or fear but of the President

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Somalia presidential election to be held on May 15 2022

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s presidential election, which has been delayed for several months, will be held on May 15, 2022 according to a joint parliamentary committee tasked with preparations for the poll. At least 15 contenders, including president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, two former corrupt presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and former founder Al-Shabab terror network Sheikh Sharif

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Somalia: Puntland governor Ahmed Karash sacks, three corrupt officials

Somalia’s Puntland governor Ahmed Elmi Osman Karash has fired Puntland’s interior, finance and security ministers, replacing them with new ones. The three dismissed ministers were Puntland’s most corrupt ministers and close friends of former Puntland governor warlord Said Deni. Mohamed Abdirahman Dhabanad has been replaced by Abdiqani Hashi Bumbo, Hassan Shire Abgal has been replaced

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Speaker of Parliament appoints Somalia presidential election commission

Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the House of the People of the 11th Parliament of Somalia  Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe has appointed a committee to organize the election of the President of the Federal Government of Somalia. Aden Madobe has appointed an eight-member committee, with three members remaining to be nominated in the coming days,

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Somali President Farmajo says the appointment and dismissal of some government officials null and void

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has suspended all decisions on administrative and staffing changes in government institutions, pending the completion of elections. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on the basis of this law nullifies the appointment and dismissal of the Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs by the government

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Somali police chief says doubled security in Mogadishu

The commander of the Somali Police Force, Major General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijaar said that the police force is doubling the security of Mogadishu especially on Eid days to prevent Al-Shabab from committing acts of insecurity. The commander, who was chairing a national security meeting, said several police officers had been killed at the same

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Somalia President Farmajo meets new speaker Parliament

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, April 30, 2022; The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo welcomed the new Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament Warlord Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur Madobe at the State House. The President of the Republic congratulated the Speaker and all the other Speakers of

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Who is warlord Somali new house speaker Adan Madobe?

Warlord Sheikh Adan Madobe Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA) Sheikh Adan Madobe served as the First Deputy Chairman of the Rahanweyn Resistance Army (RRA), one of the factions of the Somali Civil War. According to Adan Madobe, beginning in 1996, the RRA accepted the assistance of Ethiopia in the training of its troops. In 2003, he

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