GAROWE, Somalia-This week has been so tense in Somalia, with diplomats from the African Union, IGAD, Ethiopia, Kenya, Italy, Sweden, UK, EU, US and Uganda trying to subdue political tensions over ...

Lieutenant General Odowaa Yusuf Rage, Chief of the Somali Armed Forces, acknowledged before parliament last November that ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia-Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has approved controversial election modality by decree without vote in parliament amid mounting international ...

In the past, MPs voted for the president while clan heads and elders elected lawmakers.

Somalia Prime Minister Abdi Farah during a political tour in Dhusamareeb, Galmudug State. [Courtesy, X] Somalia Prime Minister Abdi Farah now says the country is facing a critical political moment ...

"The constitutional change doesn't automatically extend the current president's term but it is a matter of interpretation. For now, the president is being very careful not to say ...

Somalia is preparing this weekend for make-or-break talks on constitutional reforms as the country gears up for general elections expected to be held in May. The government-led consultation meeting to ...

Somalia's parliament voted ‌to change its constitution and extend the term in office for lawmakers and the president, the ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An alliance of Somali opposition parties proposed the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and civil society to govern the Horn of Africa nation after ...

Somalia has delayed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of political crisis in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country, officials told AFP.