Somalia Set to End Failed State Status
Photo: Reconstruction begins at Somalia’s parliament, May 2012 (VOA) ADDIS ABABA — Somalia’s main political entities have ended three days of often-heated talks, saying they remain committed to a...
View ArticleVIDEO: Fistfight erupts in Istanbul Conference on Somalia
DUBAI — A video footage has emerged on the internet of Somali lawmakers engaged in a fierce fistfight and shoving during last week’s Istanbul Conference on Somalia. The fighting erupted when a female...
View ArticleSOMALIA: First presidential candidate campaigns outside Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s presidential hopeful and People’s Party of Somalia (PPS) chairman, Dr. Saeed Issa Mohamud officially kicked-off his campaign on Friday appealing to elders to replace President...
View ArticleSOMALIA: Phony Constitution crafted through UN rigged process
BY MOHAMED M. ULUSO On June 22, 2012 the Somali Roadmap (the process for ending the Transition) Signatories (SRS)-(the gang of six) [1] signed documents prepared by the Office of the United Nations...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: Somali Women Circle Network urges Somali leaders to respect...
Press Release 1st of August, 2012 Wednesday, July 25, 2012, the Somalia’s National Constitution Assembly (NCA), composed of 825 delegates, convened in Mogadishu, Somali, to review and make...
View ArticleSomalia: Progress on a Constitution
Somali delegates read the book of the constitution during the National Constituent Assembly meeting in Mogadishu.(Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images) MOGADISHU — Delegates agreed Wednesday to a new...
View ArticleSomalia’s presidential candidates, the full list
Somalia’s Presidential candidate Dr Said Issa Mohamud MOGADISHU — Somalia released a list of more than 21 candidates who have qualified to run in this month’s presidential election, including incumbent...
View ArticleSomalia: Election fever replaces al-Qaeda in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU — As date for the presidential vote on Aug 20 draws ever more closer and political activities in the city intensifies with campaigning by the burgeoning number of presidential aspirants...
View ArticleSomalia: Technical Selection Committee approves 202 parliamentarians
MOGADISHU — Somalia’s political transition process has received a shot in the arm after the Technical Selection Committee (TSC) approved more than 70 percent of Members of Parliament. An arbitration...
View ArticleSomali Parliament To Hold First Session After Eid
The photo shows the destroyed Somali parliament building in 2010, which sits on hilltop in Mogadishu. It got renovated this year by Turkish aid agencies and is ready for the first sitting after 21...
View ArticleSomalia: Somali parliament to meet but presidential election delayed
MOGADISHU (AFP) – War-torn Somalia’s new parliament was due to convene for the first time Monday in the latest bid to end two decades of instability, but the election of a president has been delayed,...
View ArticleSomalia’s first parliament in 21 years inaugurated
Hopes for fresh start after civil war as MPs sworn in tainted by fears that president will not give up power MOGADISHU — A dusty seaside car park with black folding chairs was the makeshift setting on...
View ArticleSomalia to elect new president amid fraud fears
MOGADISHU — Members of parliament in Somalia will vote for a new president today in the first vote of its kind in decades amid fears that the historic election will be rigged and do little to alter the...
View ArticleSomalia chooses new leader in presidential elections
Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after being elected by MPs. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP MOGADISHU — Celebratory gunfire erupted in Mogadishu on Monday night after Hassan Sheikh...
View ArticleAppointment of New President Signals Change and Challenges
ON MONDAY, Somalia lived up to its track record for never re-electing an incumbent leader. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed lost to a political newcomer, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, in a landslide victory that...
View ArticleUnder Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s Travel to Somalia
On November 4, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman visited Mogadishu, Somalia to meet with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud, Speaker of the Federal Parliament Mohammed...
View ArticleSomali Parliament approves cabinet
Veteran Somali politician Mohamed Osman Jawari looks on August 26, 2012 in Mogadishu during his candidacy, before being elected as the speaker of Somalia’s new parliament. Somalia’s new parliament...
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Iran to open Somali embassy, Turkey rebuilds parliament
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi pose for photographs before addressing a joint news conference in Mogadishu November 14, 2012. REUTERS/Omar...
View ArticleLawmakers in Somalia reject 2013 budget bill
The Somali Parliament has rejected the country’s budget after a series of debates. The budget has already sparked intense debates among members of parliament and was postponed on several occasions....
View ArticleDjibouti president’s control of parliament at stake in election
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti’s leader Could lose control of parliament for the first time in a legislative election on Friday, raising the risk of political paralysis in a Red Sea ally of the West’s...
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