Somali leaders welcome election of Adan Madobe as Lower House speakerStoryline:11th Parliament, National NewsGOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: Outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hassan Roble have issued statements congratulating Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur (Sheikh Adan Madobe) for his election as the new…2 mins read
1 min readStoryline:House of the People, National NewsHirShabelle announces election schedule for 3 remaining seats GOOBJOOG NEWS/JOWHAR: HirShabelle State Electoral Implementation Committee has announced the election schedule for three seats. The three seats announced by the committee are HOP135 seat, which was previously held by…
1 min readStoryline:11th Parliament, National News, Upper HousePM Roble, President Madobe condemns attack during swearing in ceremony of elected MPs from El-Wak GOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: The Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has condemned with the strongest terms possible Monday’s attack on the Upper House while the swearing in ceremony of newly elected…
1 min readStoryline:11th Parliament, National News, Upper HouseSenate to pick speaker and deputies today GOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: The Senate is today expected to hold the election of the speaker and two deputies at the Afisyoni tent in Mogadishu. The Speaker of the Upper House will…
2 mins readStoryline:Archive16 MPs elected in El-Wak sworn in in Mogadishu amid claims of NISA gun attack GOOBJOOG NEWS/El-Wak: The swearing in of 16 newly elected MPs in El-Wak was carried out on Monday at the Afsiyoni tent in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, presided over by the Interim…
1 min readStoryline:National NewsATMIS imposes total lockdown on Halane camp from April 25-28 citing security operations GOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has announced plans to conduct a security exercise inside the Halane camp in Mogadishu from Monday, April 25 to Thursday,…
1 min readStoryline:House of the People, National NewsAli Gaab clinches HOP009 seat in Jowhar today GOOBJOOG NEWS/JOWHAR: The HirShabelle Election Implementation Committee has today held the election of HOP009 seat in HirShabelle’s capital, Jowhar. The seat fielded two candidates namely Abdisatar Abdisalan Hassan Barsane who…
1 min readStoryline:House of the People, National NewsElections come to a wrap in Jubaland as last remaining 5 seats are elected today in El-Wak GOOBJOOG NEWS/EL-WAK: The Jubaland Election Implementation Committee, has today concluded the election of the last five seats out of the 16 seats in El-Wak town, Gedo region. MP Ahmed Osman…
1 min readStoryline:11th Parliament, National NewsCandidates for Upper House leadership present speeches today GOOBJOOG NEWS/MOGADISHU: Members of the Upper House of the Somali Federal Parliament are meeting in Mogadishu today to listen to speeches by candidates vying for speaker and deputies’ slots in…
1 min readStoryline:House of the People, National NewsDispute Resolution Committee declares El-Wak and Garbaharey elections illegal GOOBJOOG NEWS/The Federal Electoral Dispute Resolution Committee has issued a statement declaring the parallel by-elections in Garbaharey and El-Wak as illegal. The committee stated that the elections in the two…
