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Our correspondent in Baidoa Ahmed Abdi Hassan informs us that today the president of the Federal Republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reached the city today.

The president was accompanied by some ministers of the Federal Government, one of them Minister of Environment & Livestock Salim Aliyow Ibrow and others.

Dozens of soldiers were spread across Baidoa ahead of the president’s arrival with public transportation halted.

The Governor of Benadir  & Mayor of Mogadishu General Hassan Mohamed Hussein Muungaab confiscated the title of the Bondhere district commissioner in Mogadishu.

The district commissioner of Bondhere was announced to be replaced with Mohamed Hashi and that the handover ceremony will take place today at the district center in Mogadishu.

Since General Muungaab was appointed Governor & the Mayor, he has already began to undertake efforts to change the commissioners of the districts in Benadir.

Autor: Maalik Eng

Speaker of the Somali parliament Mr. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari spoke at a ceremony yesterday opening the 4^th session of the Somali parliament and said that they are expecting from the prime minister to unveil his latest agendas so that the MP’s can work with the cabinet.

Mr Jawari added that the members of parliament need to provide strong advice to the agendas expected to be received very soon by the Somali government.

“It is time for action and delivery,” President tells legislators at opening of Parliament

His Excellency President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud today opened Parliament, calling on legislators to rise to the challenges ahead.

After a press conference in the capital city Mogadishu, the President of the Somali Federal Republic Mr Hassan Sheikh Mohamed declared that the government is committed to fight against Al-Shabaab and added that very soon the military offensives against the terrorist insurgents will come to an abrupt end.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamed said that the ability of the government will be strengthened to ensure that Al-Shabaab is wiped from every region in the country.

Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed convened a meeting of religious leaders in Mogadishu on Saturday (March 15th) and announced the creation of a new government office for religious scholars that will help shape public opinion and government decision-making.

"The main aim of this meeting is to have a collective position towards the religious-less people of al-Shabaab and show to Somalia and people of the world that these people are on the wrong path," Ahmed said in a statement.

For the past few days, the new Benadir Regional Administration have increased their efforts in the region and today the new Governor of Benadir & Mayor of Mogadishu, General Hassan Mohamed Hussein Muungaab met in his office with the 17 district commissioners in the Benadir region and discussed the security, cleanliness, and how to cooperate on peacekeeping the general security in Benadir region.

A fight between the government forces backed by AMISOM against Al-Shabaab erupted this morning at Teed of the Bakool region where Ethiopian troops engaged in the full on battle with Al-Shabaab.

Heavy gunfire and mortar shellings were heard and according to locals they added that loss was caused with severe wounds although the number official casualties are not known.

Rumours say that heads from the Bakool Regional Administration were involved in the battle.

Autor: Maalik Eng

A meeting with participation from intellectuals, politicians, spiritual leaders and other community was held today in Baidoa, the provincial capital city of Bay region where they supported the government’s decision on creation of the South-Western state.

Furthermore, the participants urged the citizens in the South-Western state of Somalia to support the state formation on the 3 regions of Bay, Bakool & Lower Shabelle.