Elections

  Ali Abdullahi Osoble, President of the Interim Administration of HirShabelle announced Upper House elections for the newly formed state will be conducted on Sunday November 6. President Osoble also said…

  Delegates are this morning heading to two polling stations in Puntland as elections for the Lower House kick off in the regional state, the first to conduct the exercise.…

By Abdikadir Askar A senior British diplomat said on Sunday that the world would be surprised and disappointed if Somalia held its elections on time this year and Somaliland failed…

Turkey will provide $ 4 million to finance Somalia’s elections and ensure the elections are secured from any forms of insecurity, Turkish ambassador to Somalia Olgan Bekar has said. Bekar…

  Leaders for National Women Association have met with the authorities of Somalia’s southern regional state in Kismaayo to push for concrete action on the reservation of 30-percent seats for…

But continued delays in the voting and reports of corruption and intimidation are now raising serious questions about the integrity and credibility of the process- UN Envoy The International Community…

The Federal electoral body FIEIT has expressed confidence it will meet the polls timelines noting that over 75% of delegates lists for the Upper House have been processed as talks…

Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo has assured the state’s electoral commission that his government will release funds in time to ensure the 2017 elections are held without delay. Silanyo said…

Ethiopia has joined the international community in calling for respect of freedom of expression and association in Somalia even as arrests in Addis Ababa rise in the upwards of 1,500…