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

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia has for the first time detailed the source of funding elections, and the elections’ contract. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud, said the election funds will come from the federal government, candidates and the international community, which will play a key role in providing the funds. “Elections are very

Al-Shabaab terrorists targeted in central Hiraan province, military says The Somali military on Tuesday claimed to have killed 25 al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab terrorists in the central Hiran province. The SNA [Somali National Army] based in Buloburte district targeted Al-Shabaab fighters and killed 25 members of the enemy,” the military said on Twitter. The military also seized