Campaign posters in Mogadishu tout candidates for president of Somalia. Mohamed Abdiwahab/ AFP/Getty Images)
By Zakariye Hussein
The federal government of Somalia and its member states have, after lengthy discussions and consultations, agreed to an indirect electoral formula to conduct the upcoming...
Mohamed Hussein Robleh has been appointed as Somalia's Prime Minister by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. SUPPLED/ VILLA SOMALIA
Mogadishu - President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has appointed a former technical consultant as Somalia's new prime minister just hours after Somali leaders...
Under Pressure: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire pulled the plug on the process to conduct “a full inventory of the Federal Government property and public property sold or leased since 2012.”
By Liban...
Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sanctions for alleged militant links, according to a report seen by Reuters.
The findings by a...
At the conclusion of a 4-day meeting between federal Somalia President, Mohamed Abdullahi Faramajo, and his regional states’ Presidents, the conferees decided on issues critical to the integrity, sovereignty and history of Somaliland.
Decision No 7 of a 15-point communique the...
MOGADISHU: We, as the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network), condemn with the strongest terms the horrendous murder of Hamdi Mohamed Farah, a young woman from Mogadishu, Somalia.
Last week, Hamdi was raped by multiple assailants...
In the Horn of Africa and elsewhere the daily litany of human wrongs involving crimes of sexual abuse and domestic violence is both shocking and utterly depressing. As if these were not bad enough, matters are made worse by...
Former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre announced on Saturday that he will run for the presidency in the next year's election.
“It is clear that our country has made a progress over the last 2 decades. I have served...
The Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia enacts the petroleum law, taking into account the economic development and promoting investment in the country's natural resources. Pursuant to Articles 7(1), 44, and 79 of the Constitution, the Petroleum...
A school in Afmadow, Jubbaland in Somalia in this picture taken on January 24, 2014. FILE PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG
Somalia’s education policymakers are under pressure to explain how secondary schools in the capital Mogadishu reported massive failure...