Mohamed Farmajo at the General Assembly at the UN. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA) By Rachel Abbott Somalia’s 2020-2021 elections are the subject of much fanfare. They will be the country’s first one person-one vote elections in 50 years. The Somali public will finally have the chance to directly elect their representatives. Or at least,

Photo/ Somali Times At least 16 people were killed and several others wounded when a fierce fighting between the Somali special forces and Jubaland forces took place in Belet-Hawo Somalia’s , an official said on Monday. The fight began after Somali special forces attacked the Jubaland forces to loyal Abdirashid Janan, fugitive former security minister

Photo/Somali Times Belet-Hawo-Fighting broke out in the border town of Belet-Hawo in Gedo region Monday morning between Somali federal forces and Jubaland troops displacing people from their homes. The fighting which happened in Border Point One area near the Kenyan border caused panic as locals fled from their homes, a source in the town told

Photo/ Somali Times Somali government troops clashed with a regional militia on Friday, residents said, in one of the most serious outbreaks of fighting yet over political rivalries that Washington says are slowing the war against al Qaeda-linked insurgents. Tension spilled over on Thursday evening between the Somali National Army and the Ahlu Sunnah Wal

Photo/ Somali Times Mogadishu-Mayor Omar Mohamoud Mohamed. Civil war looting property 1991 returns to property right owner Ali 30 years looters occupied illegal by force still many properties being occupied by force in Mogadishu over. Half million properties still occupied Somali Times investigated. Benadir administration returns Somali citizen to his home. Mogadishu mayor said. “We

Photo/ Somali Times According to Somaliland Standard. Somaliland opposition parties call for an early presidential poll as the president has announced their abolishing two years prior to the end of their mandate. In a joint press conference today, UCID and Wadani parties have called for president, local and parliamentary polls to be held this year.

Photo/ Somali Times The law which has been rejected by both Puntland and Jubaland provides for a winner-takes- all formula otherwise known as the First-Past-the Post which is used in Somaliland and neighbouring Kenya. The model which overturned the Proportional Representation (PR) proposed in the initial Bill by the poll body, NIEC arrived at by

Photo/ Somali Times Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 Somali soldiers and briefly captured a military base southwest of the capital on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the insurgents’ ability to launch attacks despite a government offensive. A suicide bomber detonated at the El Salini base before gunmen stormed in and briefly occupied it,

Photo/ Somali Times No group has yet claimed responsibility for bomb attack, also wounding more than 4 soldiers At least three Somali soldiers were killed after a blast struck a military vehicle on the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Local police officer Feysal Mohamed told Anadolu Agency that the source of the explosion

Photo/ Somali Times Hargeisa – The President Muse Bihi suggested to the Somaliland Cabinet that President Farmajo will be in Hargeisa, and they accepted the proposal and said they would allow it. In the coming days, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo are expected in Hargeisa as they will depart from