Senate picks 5 members to Joint Constitutional Review Committee Storyline:National News, Upper House GOOBJOOG NEWS: The Senate has elected five senators who will seat in the Joint Parliamentary Constitutional Review Committee. The committee of five will now join an equal number of their… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Five-day National Education Conference opens today in Mogadishu GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: A five-day national conference on education in Somalia is opening in Mogadishu today where President Hassan Sheikh will deliver keynote remarks. According to the programme of events seen…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, World Thirty migrants missing, 17 rescued after boat capsizes in central Mediterranean BY ROME, March 12 (Reuters) – Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya…
1 min read Storyline:National News Puntland to conduct district council elections on May 25-President Deni GOOBJOOG NEWS|PUNTLAND: District Council elections in Puntland will take place on May 25, 2023, State President Abdullahi Deni has said. The Office of the President of Puntland announced on Sunday…
1 min read Storyline:National News Galmudug protests ‘encroachment’ by Puntland over voter registration GOOBJOOG NEWS|GALMUDUG: Galmudug government has protested what it termed as encroachment by Puntland over the ongoing voter registration in what is emerging as a contentious border dispute among regional governments…
1 min read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News Senate passes National ID and Registration bill GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Senate has this afternoon passed the National Identification and Registration Bill paving way for the role out of National IDs to Somalis for the first time in…
2 mins read Storyline:11th Parliament, National News, Security ANTI-TERRORISM BILL: Somali gov’t to seize property of convicted terrorists GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The government will now have the power to seize the property of a convicted terrorist or impose monetary penalties, the new Anti-Terrorism Bill which is now proceeding to the…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Deputy district commissioner in Gedo ‘severely’ injured in bomb explosion GOOBJOOG NEWS|GEDO: The second deputy commissioner of Burdhubo district in Gedo region Nuh Hassan Daud suffered severe injuries but lost his two sons following a bomb explosion at his residence,…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Security Somali President signs crucial security laws in boost to war on Al-Shabaab GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud assented to two crucial bills seen as crucial to bolstering his campaign against Al-Shabaab. The President signed into law the Financial Sanctions Act and…
1 min read Storyline:National News, Security Lower House to pass Counter-Terrorism Act in historic move to fight Al-Shabaab GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Lower House is today passing the Counter-Terrorism Act in a sweeping move to empower the government to fight terrorism about six years after the bill was first…