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The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) welcomed the start of voting in Puntland for seats in the House of the People and said that voting for seats in that chamber of the country’s Federal Parliament can get underway in South West, Jubbaland and Galmudug states later this week…

PRESS STATEMENT 27/2016 The United Nations is deeply concerned by the recent breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaalkacyo and the continuing failure of the Puntland and Galmudug administrations to implement agreements, including the one signed on 2 December 2015 and again on 1 November 2016. Deeply…

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) is mandated with many tasks in the east African nation as it continues to make significant strides in its peace process after two decades of lawlessness and conflict. These tasks include helping the Federal Government to promote respect for…

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating reminded Puntland electoral officials and stakeholders of their obligation to achieve the 30 per cent quota of seats for women in Somalia’s future parliament during a visit to the Puntland state capital today…

Voting for members of the lower house of Somalia’s Federal Parliament opened today in the capitals of Jubbaland and South West states. Each state elected seven members of the House of the People – as the lower chamber of Parliament is officially known -- in an exercise that electoral officials…

[Presenter] Welcome our honorable audiences to the talk show, in the talk show we will discuss main events towards the Somali peace process, in this eleventh episode, you will hear deputy of Jubbaland state administration's indirect electoral commission speaking about electoral processes in his…

Another fourteen members of the Federal Parliament’s House of the People were elected from Jubbaland and South West states Wednesday, and voting for the eight Upper House seats representing the recently formed HirShabelle federal member state was completed in the state capital of Jowhar. Two of the…

The State-level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) in Puntland has announced that the second phase of voting for 25 members of the House of the People will begin on 14 November. A dozen members of the House of the People – as the lower chamber of the Federal Parliament is officially…

Another six members of the federal parliament’s House of the People were elected today during the fourth day of voting in Kismaayo, the administrative capital of Jubbaland state. The newly elected members of parliament (MPs) include two women, Hawa Mohamed Adan who is the deputy Attorney General in…

PRESS STATEMENT 28/2016 President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” of Puntland and President Abdikarim Hussein Guled of Galmudug state met in Gaalkacyo yesterday to re-commit to a ceasefire in the disputed city under the leadership of Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke of the Federal Government…

Jubbaland state completed its fifth day of voting for seats in the House of the People with another six members elected to the lower chamber of the federal parliament. A total of 26 candidates have now been elected to the House of the People from Jubbaland, with only 17 seats still to be decided…

Voting for the 37 seats in the House of the People allocated to HirShabelle state will begin tomorrow. The State-level Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) announced that 13 of the seats will be decided during the first phase of voting for the House of the People. “We are in our third day…