The Somali government has for the first time responded to accusations from the opposition and the end of the presidential term and who should legally replace the outgoing government institutions. Somali government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Maalimu said the statements of opposition politicians were never legitimate. Maalimu said the Somali parliament already passed a resolution stating

Photo/Somali Times There is political uncertainty facing the country today, February 8, ended the term of Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who was elected to office in 2017. But still President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is in charge until the 2021 election that all Somali government and federal, state leaders agree according to the Somali constitution.

File Photo/Somali Times Reports from the Dhusamareb district in Galmudug said that a landmine blast killed the district’s security commander Abdirashid Abdi Nur Shiqdon after his vehicle was targeted. Reports say that the commander and his bodyguards were targeted as they passed near the Eldhere village, 30 km from Dhusamareb. The blast also killed at

Photo/Somali Times Somalia is likely to miss a February 8 deadline to choose a new president after three days of negotiations between the central government and federal states which collapsed on Friday without resolution over the disputed electoral process. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Somalia’s five regional leaders reached an agreement on September 17 that

Photo/Somali Times The Somali federal government and regional leaders in delayed elections ended without agreement with the central Dhusamareb city on late Friday. Following the three-day talks, Somali Information Minister Osman Dube told Somali Times the leaders will meet again in future foreign countries interfering in the talks with Somalia’s sovereignty controlling their internal affairs.

Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Upper House said no meeting was reported after the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was scheduled to address the Somali Parliament tomorrow. The statement from the Upper House read as follows, ‘All senators of the Upper House are informed that no joint meeting has been requested by the President

Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. The president is expected to travel from Dhusamareb where no agreement has yet been reached between the federal

Photo/Somali Times A meeting between federal, regional and Benadir leaders is still underway in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug. The president of the Jubaland state of Somalia, Ahmed Madobe, has called on the people of the Gedo region to work for the peace and stability of the region. Sources from Villa Somalia told Somali Times

Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, today spoke strongly about the political situation in the country and the consultative meeting between government officials and authorities in Dhusamareb. Former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif said that at this

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahu Farmajo missed out five opportunities during his four years in office. The five opportunities were for the benefit of the outgoing president, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, but that they were over. Among the opportunities that he believes Farmajo has lost are his inability to unite the divided nation and his