Somali leader taken to presidential complex after attack 13 Sept – Source: Radio Netherlands/AFP – 144 words Somalia’s newly elected president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been moved to the secure residential compound following an assassination bid at his hotel, officials said Thursday. Hassan was unharmed after two blasts went off Wednesday outside the hotel where […]
Somali president, Kenyan FM escape deadly bomb attack 12 Sept- Source: Reuters/VOA News – 575 words Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the visiting Kenyan foreign minister on Wednesday escaped an apparent suicide bomb attack on a Mogadishu hotel where they were holding a news conference unscathed, witnesses said.Somalia’s al Shabaab rebels said they […]
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud: Somalia’s new president profiled 11 Sept – Source: BBC – 132 words Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s dogged determination not to give up on Somalia despite years of conflict, warlordism, piracy and Islamist insurgency has finally paid off. The peace activist and educational campaigner remained in Somalia throughout the 21-year civil war unlike many […]
Somali election: Hassan Sheikh elected as president 10 Sept – Source: BBC/AFP/AP/Reuters – 500 words Somali MPs meeting in Mogadishu have elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s new president, in the latest step to end decades of war. The academic beat President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in a run-off poll by 190 to 79 […]
Somalia to pick president, set up first stable govt. in 21 years 09 Sept – Source: CNN News – 270 words Somali lawmakers are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the nation a step closer to its first stable central government since the 1991 ouster of a dictator. The new parliament, which was […]
Somali Presidential Election Commission distributes 25 applications 06 Sept – Source: Hiiraan onlines – 106 words The Somali Presidential Election Commission has given applications to 25 presidential candidates, commission spokesman Osman Libah Ibrahim told UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan on Tuesday (September 4th). The commission began receiving candidates’ applications on Monday. Completion of the form is one […]
AMISOM troops deploy to Elma’an Port 05 Sept – Source: AMISOM – 100 words Troops from the AU Mission in Somalia yesterday deployed in Elma’an port about 40km North East of Mogadishu as the force continues to secure more territory from Al Qaeda-affiliated extremists. The port had previously been used for import of illegal arms […]
Dozens eye Somali presidency ahead of nomination deadline 04 Sept – Source: Africa Review – 125 words Twenty-two aspirants have so far picked up nomination forms for Somalia’s highly competitive presidency ahead of a September 6 deadline. The parliamentary election committee tasked with organising the election said that there were requirements to be met for […]
Presidential Election Commission opens reception of application letters 03 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 94 words The Presidential Election Commission yesterday opened the reception of presidential application letters from candidates vying for the top job in Mogadishu. Osman Libah, Spokesman of the commission who aid the application process is set to end on the 6th […]
Somali parliament to debate on presidential aspirants’ requirement 02 Sept – Source: Bar-kulan – 85 words The Somali federal parliament is set to debate on one of the most contested requirements for presidential candidates in Mogadishu. Spokesman of the election commission, Osman Libah told Bar-kulan that his team is tabling a motion in parliament touching […]