Southwest State to conclude elections in the next few days, electoral body says Storyline:National News Elections in Somalia’s Southern regional state are expected to be concluded in the next few days as 16 parliamentarians remain to be filled, State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) announced.… 2 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:National News Presidential election likely on December 15-UN chief in Somalia Somalia might have a new president by mid of December as indications are clear yet another deadline will be missed, the UN chief in Somalia Michael Keating has said. The…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Lower House elections close in Jubbaland, 10 women elected Voting has just concluded in Jubbaland marking the end of a tightly contested race that saw the disqualification of a minister and the election of 10 women as the southern…
1 min read Storyline:National News Electoral body crosses midway mark as 145 MPs secure House seats States across the country crossed the halfway mark Wednesday with the election of 13 more MPs as Jubbaland added one woman to the house on it final stretch remaining with…
5 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions With a week to go, can Somalia beat yet another electoral deadline? A revised schedule issued by the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team, FIEIT September following a failed deadline, indicated the Presidential elections would be held November 30 while Federal House members…
2 mins read Storyline:National News Voting continues in four states, two ministers remain suspended Elections will continue today in four states across the country as electoral teams and states endevour to beat the deadlines ahead of presidential poll slated for November 30. At the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News HirShabelle state to resume voting for Lower House representatives following temporary suspension of polls A deadlock in an electoral dispute in HirShabelle state was resolved on Sunday, following the intervention of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating and…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN warns of high profile incidents of electoral violation in Somalia The international community has warned of increased incidents of violation of electoral rules and code of conduct in the ongoing parliamentary elections few days after the federal electoral body FIEIT…
3 mins read Storyline:National News FIEIT probes ‘disqualification’ of Petroleum Minister by Jubbaland electoral body The Federal electoral body FIEIT is investigating an incident in which the state level electoral body in Jubbaland disqualified Petroleum Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Muktar over voter bribery and disruption of…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN envoy, Keating in Jowhar for talks over cancelled Lower House poll UN special envoy Michael Keating is meeting with electoral officials and elders in Jowhar following the cancellation of the vote there by the Federal electoral body owing to a gun…
