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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 the state now stands at 37 out of an allocation of 43 seats. “This is a new…

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 presence of Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke of the Federal…

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-elect include two women candidates, the former Minister of Women and Human…

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 morning, but Hamza Sheikh Hassan Olow found herself competing for votes against…

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 brokered by Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Omar Sharmarke to extend the current…

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 House of the People. Mr. Keating and his delegation, which included the Deputy…

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 their authority and influence to prevent abusive and unfair electoral…

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 Representative of the African Union Commission Chairperson (SRCC) Ambassador Francisco…

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 nearly half the total of 275 seats. Voting resumed in Jowhar, the…

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 allocation of 69 seats, of which five have been won by women. The Federal…

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 (FIEIT), the State-Level Indirect Electoral Implementation Teams and the…

Jubbaland became the first federal member state in Somalia to complete voting for seats in the House of the People today. Balloting for the last of 43 seats allocated to Jubbaland resulted in the election of Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein from the Darod-Bartire clan. He received 47 out of a possible 51…