Somali clerics urge calm, compromise amid elections row Storyline:National News GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Religious leaders in Somalia have called on politicians and government to set aside differences and tone down on political rhetoric to avert instability in the country amid an… 1 min read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Hashi names parallel poll team for Somaliland GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Upper House speaker Abdi Hashi has appointed a parallel 8 member committee to oversee the election of MPs representing Somaliland in what is likely to herald a new…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Opposition presidential candidates meet in Mogadishu amid tussle over poll process A three days consultative meeting bringing together 12 presidential candidates has kicked off in Mogadishu ahead of presidential elections slated for February 2021. According to the programme, the candidates will…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Khaire’s apology was condition for joint meeting GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Presidential candidates and opposition political parties demanded former Prime Minister Hassan Khaire apologise for his role in the deadly attack at the residence of Wadajir party leader Abdirahman…
1 min read Storyline:National News Two police officers killed in bomb attack near police academy Two police officers have been killed and three others injured in a bomb attack that hit a restaurant near the police academy in Mogadishu. Sources said a suicide bomber blew…
2 mins read Storyline:Business, National News Somalia, IFC sign pact to support private sector development GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somalia has signed its first formal agreement with the World Bank’s development arm, IFC to support the country’s private sector with the view to creating jobs and boosting…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Upper House Hashi seeks UN, AU intervention in row over Somaliland poll committee GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Senate speaker Abdi Hashi has sought the intervention of the international community to pressure President Mohamed Farmaajo against the appointment of an election committee for Somaliland reinforcing earlier…
3 mins read Storyline:National News FGS, FMS conspiring to rig poll, HIPS says, calls for disbandment of poll committees GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: The newly constituted electoral committees at the federal and state level should be disbanded and new ones appointed locking out public servants and cronies, the Mogadishu based think-tank…
3 mins read Storyline:National News Somalia, donors should explore extension to implement poll timelines-Crisis Group GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somali leaders together with the international community should negotiate a brief extension of the electoral calendar to address critical issues and concerns arising from the electoral process to…
1 min read Storyline:National News Farmaajo bent on manipulating poll through NISA, civil servants-FNP Somalia’s major opposition parties have decried what they termed as attempts by President Mohamed Farmaajo to influence the upcoming elections through appointment of cronies and intelligence officials to the poll…
