Business Trade Representative to Somalia Representative Maryan Hassan resigned amid allegations that she had been regularly undermined by senior government officials. Maryan was appointed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud five years ago and is a highly respected professional scholar. In a tweet, Maryan said: “I submitted my resignation tonight to President Mohamed Farmajo. It has

Photo/Somali Times Recently, the president of the federal government of Somalia signed an electoral law expected to move the country from a clan-based political system to a multiparty system. This move sparked hope of ending the clan-based power-sharing model of the 4.5 formula, which gives equal seats in Parliament to the four major clans and

Photo/somali Times Led by former Presidents Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, The National Party of Somalia has reiterated that Ethiopian troops in Somalia, which are not part of Amisom, sent a letter to the international community. A coalition of political parties in Somalia has reiterated its call on the UN Security Council to

Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the Upper house calls for urgent dialogue on 2021 elections. The house of representatives held an emergency meeting today on Tuesday, calling on national and regional leaders to push the long-suffering Somali people to political turmoil, and to stem the tide, achieving effective governance based on consensus-building democracy. The committee

Photo: Credit Reuters Somali National Army (SNA) on Saturday killed 37 Al-Shabaab extremists in a fierce fight in the outskirts of Hudur town in the southern region of Bakol, officials confirmed on Sunday. Odawa Yusuf Rage, commander of SNA told journalists that the clashes started after government forces got intelligence of the militants’ presence in

Photo/Somali Times According to Villa Somalia Source told Somali Times People have been paid 100 dollars to demonstrate and support President Farmajo Demonstration kicks off to support of President Farmajo in Mogadishu. The protests have now begun in many parts of the capital, such as the Hoden Distiric and the KM4 intersection. Protesters from all

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has reiterated his government’s commitment to hold a one – person vote elections in a transparent manner later this year. Addressing a joint session of the Federal Parliament, President Farmajo said, ‘Somalis are expected to exercise their individual rights to vote, noting time had come to select the country’s

Operation against al-Qaeda affiliated militants carried out in lower Shabelle region, says official, At least 18 al-Shabaab militants were killed and several others wounded in an operation in the southern lower Shabelle region, Somali military said on Sunday. Gen. Abdihamid Mohamed Dirir, a Somali military infantry commander, told national army radio that the operation against

Photo/Somali Times At least six people were killed on Sunday when a minibus struck a roadside bomb near the Somali capital Mogadishu, police and witnesses said. The vehicle was carrying passengers, mostly from the same extended family, from the city to a funeral in a nearby town, when it hit the explosive at Hawa Abdi

Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed warns against election delay and calls civil war Former Somalia President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed warned federal government leadership, the speakers of the two Houses of Parliament against further delays in the holding of elections or extend the terms of the president and parliament, saying the country would plunge into