Reports from Bosaso town in Bari region say that clashes are taking place there between Puntland warlord Said Abdullahi Deni and forces loyal to the former director of PSF, Mohamud Osman Diyano. The two sides have been using heavy artillery fire in the neighborhoods of Bosaso, and residents of the neighborhoods are fleeing the fighting.

File Photo/Somali Times By Daily Nation Somalia’s opposition caucus appears to have lost ground on stalling the country’s controversial elections after the Prime Minister urged the organisers to move on with the polls. The group, known as the Council of Presidential Candidates (CPC) had been calling for suspension of the elections for the members of

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has for the first time acknowledged that he is under pressure from President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who reached an agreement last year. Roble said Farmajo was one of several challenges posed by the election. “The three-tier pot is between state leaders, candidates and the office of

Former Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mohamed Omar Carte Qalib has been arrested at Egal Airport in Hargeisa after being seized with a Somali diplomatic passport, an unnamed official told the media. Carte returned to Hargeisa last year and resigned as a member of parliament from the Somali government, after his father, Omar Carte Qalib, fell

File Photo Somali Times/The corrupt Somalia’s electoral commission chief Mohamed Hassan Irro The Federal Election Implementation Team has accused the National Consultative Assembly of delaying the lower house elections. Somalia’s electoral commission chief Mohamed Hassan is Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s uncle. According to sources told Somali Times wider election rigging Farmajo and his team. And

File Photo Somali Times/ Chairman Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro Chairman of the Somali Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the election is ongoing and will not be stopped by the call from the Somali Candidates’ union. According to sources told Somali Times Mohamed Hassan Irro is related to the mother of the current

Photo Somali Times/Warlord Puntland governor Said Abdullahi Deni The United States has intervened in the crisis between the administration of governor Said Abdullahi Deni in Puntland and former PSF director Mohamud Osman Abdullahi Diano, according to sources told Somali Times. The PSF is trained by the United States to fight terrorism, which means that the

Chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said it would never be possible to cancel the election of the House of the People, but any seat that does not go through the formal process will be re-elected. Irro also said he was committed to correcting any irregularities in the election seats in the

Photo Somali Times/ Somali special forces 9th Gorgor Commandos. The federal government of Somalia on Saturday welcomed the specially trained Gorgor troops, who have undergone advanced training in Turkey. The troops were welcomed at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu this morning by the Commander of the Armed Forces, General Mohamed Tahliil Bihi, who addressed

File Photo/Somali Times Reports from the Bari region say that tensions are still high in Bosaso, the regional between Puntland governor warlord Said Deni and PSF officials. Residents told Somali Times that more fighting was reported in the town last night and this morning. Also say that some families have been displaced from their homes,