Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s 2020/2021 election campaign is in full swing in Somalia’s neighboring countries, and some governments are reportedly spending money to produce like-minded politicians to pursue their own interests tomorrow. Politicians are campaigning in Qatar, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Kenya, and many politicians have traveled several times, some of whom have sent

Photo/Somali Times Women’s rights groups say a stronger political voice would have a trickle-down effect, helping women at the grassroots level fight abuse, discrimination and inequality Women’s rights groups, prominent businesswomen and female politicians in Somalia are urging the country’s male-dominated parliament to pass a bill reserving 30% of seats for women in next year’s

Photo/Somali Times Including 8 soldiers, also wounded in attack targeting district commissioner. At least Seven people were killed and eight wounded, including soldiers, Tuesday when a car bomb blasts targeted an official in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials told Somali Times. The bomb attack went off near the Sinka Dher intersection in Mogadishu. “The Al-Shabaab

Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni today officially opened the session of the Puntland Parliament, delivering a keynote address on security, his recent trips, the elections and the situation at Bosaso Port. First, Deni briefed members of the Puntland parliament on his recent travels and in the region. In

Photo/Somali Times The elders and intellectuals of the Hawiye community held a press conference in Mogadishu today and described the arrest of the former commander of the Somali National Army Danab Major Ismail Abdimalik as tribal. President Mohamed Farmajo replaced Major Ismail as an ”Marehan clan.” Farmajo is playing dirty politics. The elders who attended

Three security guards wounded in attack At least two people were killed Tuesday, and three others were wounded, when a bomb blast targeted the nation’s immigration and naturalization chief in Mogadishu, according to officials. Police captain Abdifatah Hassan confirmed the deaths to Anadolu Agency. The attack occurred near the busy KM4 intersection in the capital.

Photo/Somali Times The latest, Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, and Health Minister Fowzia Abiikar Nur, Gamal Hassan Planning all holding on to their posts. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has praised Somali new

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s new prime minister announced same cabinet of former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire on Monday evening in Mogadishu. Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous Cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, and Health Minister Fowzia Abiikar Nur, Gamal

Photo/Somali Times By Peter Kagwanja Legislative elections will take place on December 1 and 27, 2020, followed by presidential elections on February 8, 2021. Somalia has shelved the one-person-one vote, upholding the existing clan-based system where delegates from clans elect 275 MPs of the lower house, who in turn elect the president. All roads in

Photo/Somali Times Protesters, mostly drivers of public transport, were protesting on the still-closed some streets of the Mogadishu. The demonstrators gathered at the Ex-control Balcad, and neighborhoods. They also say they are against the stones that were recently blocked in many parts of the roads in Mogadishu. Some of the protesters who spoke to the