Somalia

Opposition Pressured President To Accept Their Election Terms

The past few weeks have seen a turbulent moment in the Somali community. In recent months, the opposition, both in Mogadishu and in the regional states of Puntland and Jubaland, has decided to use brinkmanship tactics to put pressure on President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to agree to their terms on national elections. The end of […]

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Prime Minister Roble Reached A Deal With The Opposition

Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble reached a deal the opposition’s Union of Presidential Candidates on the eve of the Friday antigovernmental demonstration announced by the opposition. With this deal, the government would apologize for the deadly clash that happened last Friday, accept to set up an independent commission who would investigate the events and […]

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President Farmajo Met With Parliament At A Critical Time

President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo met with the Parliament at a critical time to share the outcome of the last round of negotiation with regional states presidents. President Farmajo, who addressed the House of the People of the Federal Parliament at the Consultative Meeting in Samareb, commended the two Houses of Parliament for their contribution to […]

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Impossibility of Making Deals with Uncooperative Leaders

The Dhusamareb meeting between the president, the prime minister and six regional leaders has provided enough evidence that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and four other regional leaders – Abdi Karie Qoorqoor, Abdi-Aziz Laftagaren, Omar Filish and Ali Hussein Guudlaawe – are willing to compromise on the overall issues at […]

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Leaders of 5 Regional Administrations Hold A Critical Teleconference

According to reliable sources, the five presidents of Somalia’s regional states held a telephone conference last night.

The meeting discussed the stalemate in Somalia’s elections, as President Farmajo’s term draws to a close with just two weeks left, and there are fears of a vacancy in the country.

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Ethiopian gov't spokesman

Ethiopia: Somali troops fighting in Tigray is a fabrication

Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said the news that Somali troops are fighting in Tigray is a fabrication. Mr. Mufti has denied that Somali forces were involved in the fighting against the Tigray rebels, the TPLF, in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. “We have seen reports that Eritrean troops have crossed the border […]

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US military killed 3 al-Shabab militants

The U.S. military says three al-Shabab militants have been killed in an airstrike near the town of Jamame. The United States has said it carried out two airstrikes that killed members. The United States has said a preliminary assessment shows no civilian casualties. Al-Shabaab media outlets claimed that one of the dead was a traditional […]

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