File Photo/Somali Times The latest concerns have been raised again this morning over the exchange rate in Garowe, the administrative of Puntland, with reports that traders have rejected the Somali shilling exchange, which has recently been the subject of much public outcry. Shops, restaurants and all businesses are denominated in Somali shillings, and basic food

At least three people were killed and seven others injured in a bomb attack targeting the Somali prison chief in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, police said. Mahad Ibrahim, the prison chief, survived the attack carried out on the busy Abdi Qasim Road in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack follows

Photo/Somali Times Wadajir Party leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, a presidential candidate, has asked the Somali public to donate money to run in Somalia’s elections. A video recording from Warsame was published on social networking sites, saying that he needs money to compete in the elections, in order to save foreign governments and other investments, which

Photo/Somali Times Somalia has been for the past 30 years no proper president because Somalis are based on clan divisions. Every president who tries to come has clans issues. If Somalis can not be leaders themselves, why they can not call a foreigner or an African man, or a European man to be president of

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who is also a member of the ‘Damu-Jadiid’ union in Garowe, met with Puntland President Said Deni. The meeting focused on electoral issues and the challenges ahead, as the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo’s government draws to a close. The two Damu-Jadiid puppets agreed on

Photo/Somali Times The chairman of Somalia’s Indirect Electoral Commission, Mohamed Hassan Irro, spoke for the first time about the crisis in the Gedo region and the position of the electoral commission on who will administer the elections in Garbaharey. Chairman of the Electoral Commission Mohamed Hassan Irro said the issue in Gedo is a political

Photo/Somali Times The President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo last night received in his office the President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Lafta-Gareen. President Lafta-Gareen held talks with several private meetings, who spoke on condition of Somali Times. Farmajo asks favour to Lafta-Gareen to re-elect him in the 2021 elections.

Former Jubaland Minister of Livestock, Forestry and Pasture of Jubaland MP Mohamed Nur Bule said Jubaland’s President Ahmed Madobe had reached a draft agreement with Kenya and Jubaland as part of Kenya. Mohamed Nur Bule said during his time in Jubaland that President Ahmed Madobe had summoned members of his party, presenting a plan for

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government’s Ministry of Security has issued an order against opposition candidates and former leaders of the country following the ban on carrying weapons inside the airport. The ministry said in a statement that no weapons could be allowed inside the Mogadishu airport. A brief statement from the ministry said the

File Photo/Somali Times Four people, including a Turkish national, and several other Turkish laborers were injured after a suicide bomber carried out an attack on a road construction site in Somalia, security sources said Saturday. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the attack took place near the Mogadishu-Afgoya road construction work, which was