Former Somali Prime Minister Ali Khalif Galaydh has died in the town of Jigjiga, the Somali government has announced. The announcement was made in a tweet by Somali Ministry of Information spokesman Ismail Mukhtar. No further details were given on the death of Dr Ali Khalif. Ali Khalif was born in Las Anod around 1941

Photo: Credit Facebook Abdirahman Abdishakur said, ‘The independence of Somalia is in question for one reason.’ Wadajir Party leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, an opposition politician, said in an interview with outlet media that Somalia’s independence was in question. Abdirahman Abdishakur based it on presence in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which controls key

The deputy commissioner of Gedo region, Osman Nur Haji spoke to the Somali Times reports strongly criticized the Kenyan forces in the region, Osman said the Kenya’s crisis in Gedo it had been committing such atrocities for many years. The deputy governor of Gedo region spoke about the kidnapping of Somali civilians by Kenyan forces,

Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, has arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Deni’s trip to Dubai has sparked reports of his travels and meetings in the country. Deni is scheduled to meet in Dubai with top officials of DP World, the company that manages the port of

Photo/Somali Times/Ahmed Ibrahim Artan Bakiin. The first elected representative in the Puntland region, with Lower House members, federal government, parliament, Ahmed Ibrahim Artan Bakiin. Ahmed Ibrahim Artan is originally from the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia. He was born in the coastal town of Qandala, situated in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Ahmed

Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, has left for Nairobi, Kenya, to meet Uhuru Kenyatta. According to sources from a Kenyan official which told Somali Times that former Somali prime minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke arranged the meeting mainly to discuss, with a Kenya-Somalia Maritime case. Also Kenya are interfering

Photo: Credit social media On behalf of the King Tarameed of the Ismail Ali community and Ali Salebaan people in particular and the King of the Ali Salebaan people, I call on the Federal Government not to allow rigged election the people of eastern Puntland to reach the Somali Government and the Puntland Autonomous Region.

Photo/Somali Times Members of both houses of parliament have ratified the election agreement reached in Mogadishu between the central government, regional administrations and the Benadir region. The session was attended by 255 lawmakers, including 40 senators from the upper house and was approved by a majority vote. Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, a former speaker

Photo/Somali Times The new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, addressed a special meeting with Abdirahman Abdishakur in his office today. Roble said in a statement that he, the leader of the Wadajir party, had discussed a number of issues, including the 2020/2021 elections. “We had an important meeting today

Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister-designate, Mr. Mohamed Hussein Roble, who will replace Mr. Hassan Ali Khaire, has a difficult task ahead of him, starting with the next elections in 2020 and 2021. Prof. Mohamed Hassan Doob, one of the Somali scholars, said that the new Prime Minister, who has a short tenure, is facing a