The Chairman of the National Election Commission, Abdikariin Ahmed Hassan, announced today that the deadline for political party registration has been extended by 21 days.The original deadline was set ...

On Wednesday, fighting broke out in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Jubbaland between regional and federal government forces. The violence came after Jubbaland held an election without Mogadishu’s ...

Al Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a bomb attack on his motorcade as it was traveling ...

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After its battlefield defeat, it’s unclear if the Islamic State in Somalia retains the ability to extort money from the ...

A Somali restaurateur who has survived multiple ... Osman lost his campaign for re-election by one vote and willing stepped down in one of the first true acts of African political democracy.

Somalia announced another extension in parliamentary elections, pushing the deadline to complete the vote to March 15. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble made the announcement after a virtual ...

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A group of Somali opposition presidential candidates has rejected the government's plan for upcoming elections. The rejection could result in yet another delay for the Somali polls. The opposition ...