Photo/Somali Times It is the fifth day that the Heads of the Federal Government of the Republic of Somalia have held a series of meetings, and the opening of the Great Somalia Conference has been hampered by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. State leaders have suggested to the President that the Chairperson of the Independent National

Photo/Somali Times There has been a delayed in the meeting of the heads of state and government which was expected to open today in the town of Dhusamareb. According to President advisor told Somali Times the findings of continuing to meet individually between the two sides to reach a solution self-understanding, is still between the

Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Farmajo asked Somali federal member state Presidents two years of extension in office talks in Dhusamareb Monday regional leaders rejects Farmajo request of two years of extension in office meeting where the two sides are expected to announce a way forward on the upcoming elections. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo playing political

Photo/Somali Times By Abdifatah Hared Recent universal suffrage election law in Somalia is a positive move to democracy, but the country needs much more achieving unity, peace, and stability It’s been 50 years since Somalia last conducted a ‘one-person-one-vote’ election. The last universal vote in Somalia was held in 1969. Following two decades of civil

Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Jubaland President Ahmed Islam met for the first time in Dhusamareb since the political crisis between the central government and Jubaland erupted. The meeting, which took place at the Galmudug State House in Dhusamareb, the residence of President Farmajo, came after efforts since last night to bring

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state. The delegation led by President Farmajo was welcomed at the airport by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, the presidents of HirShabelle, Galmudug and South West regions. The President will attend the second phase

Photo/Somali Times The recent meeting of Somalia’s regional leaders in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug State, without the attendance of the federal government, indicates that there are political turmoil and disunity among the bureaucratic elites in Somalia. The current political crisis between the regional states and the federal government, however, is about two main issues.

Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Farmajo is expected to travel to Dhusamareb today ahead of a meeting with regional presidents who have been in the town for a week now. Advisers of President Farmajo have told Somali Times an advance security team of the President has reached the central Somalia town. Dhusamareb is the capital of

Photo/Somali Times The Somali members of parliament 130 members of parliament are currently meeting with Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo at the presidential palace. The lawmakers are discussing with the President the issue of the country’s elections and the process, and are opposed to the lack of information that the country will hold by-elections. Some

Senator Mohamud Ahmed Mohamud Mashruc of the Upper House of the Somali Parliament has warned that Puntland students should not be punished for the political rivalry between Villa Somalia and the Puntland administration. Somali Minister of Education Abdullahi Godah Barre recently said that Puntland students would not receive a federal diploma unless his ministry took