Photo/Somali Times A three-day training course for Somalia’s election commissions has concluded in Mogadishu today. The Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister of Somalia Abdihakim Hassan Ashkir today closed the training which was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training

Photo/Somali Times Somalia today formally opened the National Consultative Assembly, which talking to accelerate the country’s elections 2021, The sensitive meeting  chaired by the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, and attended governors of the regional administrations as well as the governor of Benadir region and Mayor of Mogadishu. The opening of the conference

File Photo/Somali Times Reliable sources inside Villa Somalia told Somali Times that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo had requested to attend a conference expected to take place this week in Mogadishu. President Farmajo told his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble that since an agreement has been reached on Somalia’s elections, and that the current conference is

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, openly talked about the arrest of Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali who has been detained by the federal government for almost three years in Somalia. Hassan Sheikh first described the arrest of former Al-Shabab leader Mukhtar Robow as a kidnapping, and his arrest was illegal. Former Al-Shabab commander

Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomber has targeted a group of young men trying to join the Somali military. A suicide bomber detonated in the military base Wadajir district Tuesday morning, killing at least ten soldiers and injuring ten others., Reports indicate that more than 10 bodies have been removed and more injured. According to Somali

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe has denied reports that Somali troops being trained in Eritrea have taken part in fighting in Ethiopia. The information minister, who held a press conference in response to the government protests in Mogadishu, accused opposition politicians campaigning to spread false information to the public. It’s not

Photo: Credit Twitter Somalia announced on Wednesday that its armed forces arrested a senior leader of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorist group in an operation in the country’s Middle Shabelle region, according to an official statement. According to Anadolu Agency report. “Somali National Army and Hirshabelle police arrested a senior Al-shabaab local leader after a joint

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has appointed a high-level technical committee to oversee the country’s elections. The nominated committee consists of seven members of the Prime Minister’s Advisers and is tasked with overseeing electoral administration, coordinating Federal and State election commissions, financial management and international relations. The appointment of the new

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo since having 3 states: Galmudug, Hirshabelle and South West, has more chances to win the 2021 elections. President Farmajo has even more elderly community leaders which elect MPs. Somalia’s voting system is not democratic but instead elect clan leaders and is complicated. Somalis respect each other as

Photo/Somali Times Colonel Ali Hashi, a spokesman for the Somali National Army, said in an interview with outlet media that they had killed more than 75 Al-Shabab militants and that they achieved significant victories. “The troops fought in many areas and inflicted heavy casualties on Al-Shabab terrorists. The fighting took place in Warta Jilable which