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Somali special forces killed 25 Al-Shabaab terrorists

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday its elite forces (Danab) killed 25 al-Shabaab militants and injured several others during an operation at Gambole about 48 km to Jowhar town, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle State. According to Xinhua report. Hassan Mohamed Osman, acting commander of Danab said the troops will intensify

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Farmajo does a two-year extension in office following the footsteps of his dictator uncle Siad Barre

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reported 2019-2020 that Farmajo was planning a 2-year extension. Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has welcomed the two-year extension of the parliament’s mandate. A statement from Villa Somalia said, ”The President has indicated that the Government will play a leading role in the implementation of this law, which has

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Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, gets fired moments later

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu’s police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president’s term, only to be fired moments later by the police commissioner. “We have stopped the parliament session today. We have a responsibility bigger than a personal one. We have to solve

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The latest security tightened in Mogadishu, parliament convenes today

Photo/Somali Times Additional troops have been deployed on all roads leading to the Somali Presidential Palace, with lawmakers scheduled to convene at Villa Hargeisa on Monday. The meeting was attended by members of parliament and it was said that the agenda of the meeting will be a motion related to the upcoming elections in Somalia.

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Speaker Mursal calls lawmakers to vote for Farmajo’s extension of two years in office

File Photo/Somali Times The members of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia have tonight been sent a message informing the speaker that there will be a meeting on Monday in the house, and the agenda of the meeting will include Farmajo’s extension of two years in office and the 2021

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Why is the security of the country’s elections handed over to the caretaker Prime Minister?

File Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has announced the security of the country’s upcoming elections to be handed over to the caretaker Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, according to a statement from the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the UN Security Council. The statement said the Prime Minister will lead the commission

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Somali Information Minister Dubbe says the Afisyoni conference ends in failure

Photo/Somali Times The National Consultative Forum meeting, which has been working hard to convince the leaders of Puntland and Jubaland, has now come to an end. ”Today, we are making it clear to the Somali people that the leaders of Puntland and Jubaland do not want an election,” said Minister Dubbe. The meeting between President

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Prime Minister Roble visits soldiers wounded by Al-Shabaab terrorists

Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has visited some of the soldiers wounded in a deadly al-Shabaab attack on military bases in Barire and Awdhegle in the Lower Shabelle region. Prime Minister Roble listened to a report from hospital officials on the condition of the soldiers, and also have conversations the wounded soldiers,

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Aran Jaan leader Abdirahman Farole is positive of Covid-19

Photo/Somali Times According to Somali officials which told Somali Times former Puntland governor and Aran Jaan leader Abdirahman Farole has been tested postive of Coronavirus. ”Aran Jaan leader Abdirahman Farole had a interview with outlet media this morning and he was coughing a lot. Then after the interview he went to the hospital for testing

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Afisyoni conference is adjourned due to foreign puppets Deni-Ahmed Madobe

File Photo/Somali Times The meeting between the heads of the federal and state governments in addressing agenda 2021 election for on hold, according to Somali officials told Somali Times. Today’s meeting, which was the second day of the conference, ended without any agreement on all contentious issues on the agenda. Somali leaders are to be

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