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Xubno ka tirsan Guddiga Federaalka ee Hirgelinta Doorashooyinka Dadban (GFHDD) ayaa booqday caasimadda Maamulka Galmudug si ay ugu cadaadiyaan maamulka halkaas ka dhisan in doorashooyinka socda ee kuraasta Golaha Shacabka ee baarlamaanka federaalka lagu soo gunaanado xilliga loo qorsheeyey. Kooxda…

Four women were elected to the House of the People today in the administrative capital of South West state. Today’s results bring to nine the number of women elected to the lower chamber from South West state, out of a total of 49 seats that have been filled to date. Unofficial tallies indicate that…

Elections for the Lower House in South West State are expected to be finalized next week as only 16 out of the 69 seats remain to be filled. The State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) Deputy Chairman, Sid Ali Omar Hussein, made the announcement after overseeing the latest round of…

Elections for the Lower House in South West State are expected to be finalized next week as only 16 out of the 69 seats remain to be filled. The State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) Deputy Chairman, Sid Ali Omar Hussein, made the announcement after overseeing the latest round of…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Francisco Madeira visited Cadaado to assess the progress made in the elections of the Lower House of Somalia…

Four more candidates were elected to the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament in the ongoing electoral process in the South West State. In Baidoa, two women were among the four candidates elected on day nine of balloting to represent the Tuni clan, bringing the total number of women elected…

Five more members of parliament were elected today to the House of the People in the ongoing electoral process in Baidoa and Jowhar, the administrative capitals of South West and HirShabelle States. The election in Baidoa brings the number of MPs elected in South West State to 59, leaving only 10…

The United Nations has commenced training of Galmudug State Assembly members to strengthen their legislative capacities, as part of ongoing efforts to build nascent Federal State institutions in Somalia. The training, conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the…

Seven more candidates have been elected in the past two days to the House of the People in the ongoing electoral process in Galmudug and HirShabelle states. Two of the five candidates elected in Cadaado on Monday and Tuesday are women. They are Maryam Mohamed Hussein and Maryam Haji Abdi, and these…

Two candidates were voted to the House of the People as the electoral process for Banaadir region started today. The peaceful exercise saw the re-election of former second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mahad Abdalla Awad, and newcomer Khalid Maow Abdulkadir. MP-elect Awad beat two other contestants…

On 24 November Jubbaland became the first Federal State in Somalia to conclude selection of candidates for seats in the House of the People. Now the state's electoral officials are being invited by other Federal States to share their recipe for success. Mohamud Hassan Elmi, Deputy Chair of the…

“Ultimately, I believe cultural change will favour women, especially when we move to party politics, where leaders are elected on the basis of their manifestos and not gender.” These words by Suldan Warsame Suldan Alio Ibrow, an influential leader and clan elder from Somalia’s South West state, sum…