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GOOBJOOG NEW|MOGADISHU: Outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo last night officially announced his candidacy for re-election as the president of the Somali Republic.  Farmaajo said his bid for a second term…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Lower House Speaker, Sheikh Adan Madobe, has certified the 16 MPs picked in El-Wak as the legitimately elected MPs for Gedo region. Madobe insisted that the MPs…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Joint Committee for the election of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia will on Sunday begin the registration of candidates for the country’s top seat…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Joint Committee tasked with the presidential election has on Saturday met with the country’s top security chiefs and government officials in Mogadishu. The meeting focused on key…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The Speaker of the House of the People of the 11th Parliament of the Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) today met with Mohamed Ahmed…

By REUTERS|NAIROB: Somalia’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend its financial support by three months to Aug. 17, the head of the IMF’s country mission told…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|BELETWEYNE: Reports from Beledweyne town, the regional capital of Hiran region in central Somalia say that armed men shot and killed a member of the Somali Armed Forces on…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|NEW YORK: Members of the Security Council strongly condemn Al-Shabaab’s heinous attack on the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) base in El Baraf, Middle Shabelle region, on…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somalia is edging closer to electing a new President in 10  days time after the Presidential Election Committee declared in a meeting in Mogadishu today that May 15th…