Osman Baarey, an Electoral official speaks during preparations of the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Jowhar, HirShabelle state, Somalia on 15 November 2016. UN Photo
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HirShabelle state announces start of Lower House elections
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…
An electoral official tallies the votes during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Kismaayo, Somalia on November 15, 2016. UN Photo / Awil Abuka
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Eight more members elected in Lower House voting in Jubbaland, Galmudug and Puntland
Five more members of the federal parliament’s House of the People were elected in Kismaayo today, including one woman, on the sixth day of voting in Jubbaland state. The total number of members of parliament (MPs) elected in…
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International community meets with dignitaries from both sides of the conflict in Gaalkacyo and urges Presidents Gaas and Guled to enforce agreed ceasefire
PRESS STATEMENT 29/2016 Presidents Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” of Puntland and Abdikarim Hussein Guled of Galmudug resumed their discussions on implementing a ceasefire in the disputed city of Gaalkacyo yesterday in the…
An electoral official speaks to a delegate during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali Parliament in Baidoa, Somalia on 16 November 2016. UN Photo
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Another 17 MPs elected to the Lower House during voting in Galmudug, HirShabelle and South West State
Eight members of parliament (MPs) were elected to seats in the House of the People allocated to the recently formed HirShabelle state as voting for the lower chamber kicked off in the state capital of Jowhar today. The MPs…
Hamza Sheikh Hassan Olow found herself competing for votes against three male rivals
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The woman who defeated three men to win re-election to parliament
Three women candidates were elected to the House of the People on the first day of voting in Jubbaland state for the lower chamber of the federal parliament. Two of them ran for seats reserved exclusively for women that…
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International ceasefire team deployed to Gaalkacyo to support implementation of agreement reached by Presidents Gaas and Guled
PRESS STATEMENT 30/2016 The United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia welcomes the agreement reached yesterday by Presidents Abdiweli Mohamed Ali “Gaas” of Puntland and Abdikarim Hussein Guled of Galmudug state and…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating witnesses the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament. This was during a working visit to Baidoa, Somalia on 19 November 2016. UN Photo
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SRSG Keating observes voting in Baidoa, terms electoral process orderly and well organized
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating today visited the electoral center in Baidoa, the administrative capital of South West state, and observed voting for a seat in the…
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International community urges decisive action to address instances of electoral process abuse
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States call upon the members of the National Leadership Forum to use…
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating (left) meets the HirShabelle State President, Ali Abdullahi Osoble (right) in Jowhar, Somalia on 20 November 2016. UN Photo
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HirShabelle state to resume voting for Lower House members following temporary suspension of polls
A deadlock in an electoral dispute in HirShabelle state was resolved today, following the intervention of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Michael Keating and the Special…
A delegate casts her vote during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Cadaado, Somalia on November 22, 2016. UN Photo
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Sixteen more MPs elected to Lower House from four states in Somalia
A total of 16 members of parliament (MPs) were elected to the House of the People in voting across the country today, bringing the number of elected lawmakers in the lower chamber of Somalia’s federal parliament to 131, or…
A delegate casts her vote during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Somali federal Parliament in Baidoa, Somalia on November 23, 2016.
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Lower House elections for Somalia’s federal parliament reach the halfway mark, as thirteen more MPs are elected in four states
South West state added five more MPs to the House of the People today, among them one woman, in elections held in the administrative capital, Baidoa. To date, South West state has filled 43 seats in the Lower House, out of an…
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International community backs commitment of Somalia’s electoral bodies to enforce rules of electoral process and nullify results of manipulated voting
The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States commend the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team…