Somali leaders announced on Sunday they had struck a deal to wrap up parliamentary elections by February 25, after repeated delays that have threatened the stability of the troubled country.
The agreement was reached after several days of talks hosted by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble with state leaders to try to defuse a bitter political crisis.
Somali leaders have agreed to conclude the long-delayed parliamentary and presidential elections by February 25, 2022. Somalia's international partners welcomed the deal made on January 10, 2022 but a political stand-off between the president and prime minister still has some Somalis skeptical.
El presidente de Somalia, Abdullahi Mohamed, ha firmado una ley extendiendo su mandato por otros dos años, a pesar de la amenaza de sanciones por parte de la comunidad internacional.
Security Council calls on federal government and regional states to work together for inclusive elections.
The United Nations Security Council called on Somalia’s federal government and regional states to urgently resume talks and agree on arrangements to hold elections as soon as possible.
Deadline to choose new president likely to be missed after negotiations collapse.
Somalia’s leaders have failed to break a deadlock over the country’s elections, with no clear path to a vote just days before the government’s mandate expires.
El presidente de Somalia, Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed, ha convocado una cumbre de dirigentes regionales de Somalia para intentar resolver la crisis relativa a las elecciones legislativas y presidenciales. La reunión se celebrará entre el 1 y el 3 de febrero en Samareeb.
"En el marco de nuestros esfuerzos sobre el acuerdo del 17 de septiembre para la celebración de elecciones mantendré un foro de consulta de tres días con los líderes de los estados federales miembros en Samareeb del 1 al 3 de febrero de 2021", ha explicado Mohamed a través de su cuenta en Twitter.
Somalia’s international partners* are deeply concerned about the continuing impasse in implementing the electoral model agreed on 17 September by President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo and Federal Member State leaders.
We urge Somalia’s top political stakeholders to demonstrate leadership in the interest of the nation and to quickly resolve outstanding issues of implementation through dialogue and compromise, so that a credible electoral process can proceed as soon as possible.
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Somalia on Tuesday missed a deadline to hold its parliamentary elections on Dec. 1 as agreed by the federal government and six regional states earlier this year.
Opposition leaders had called for reforms, raising concerns regarding the election commission and its capacity to hold a free, fair and credible vote. The last elections were held in 2016.
The Federal Indirect Elections Team has not yet announced a new date for the elections.
NAIROBI - The International Crisis Group says Somalia is getting behind schedule on conducting parliamentary and presidential elections. The Brussels-based research organization says the process is threatened by disagreements and the lack of a mechanism to handle disputed election results. It’s calling for term extensions to avoid political conflict.
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced his presidential bid for Somalia elections in 2020, 50 days after he was ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote following a long-standing dispute with the incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed.
Al menos cinco supuestos miembros del grupo yihadista Al Shabaab murieron el martes en un nuevo bombardeo ejecutado por el Ejército de Estados Unidos cerca de la ciudad de Janale, situada al sur de la capital, Mogadiscio.
El Ejército de EE.UU. ha confirmado este domingo la muerte de un histórico del grupo terrorista somalí Al Shabaab, identificado como Bashir Mohamed Mahamud, alias Bashir Qorgab, en un ataque aéreo el pasado 22 de febrero, en un ataque norteamericano efectuado sobre la ciudad de Saakow.
Los gobiernos de Somalia y Kenia han acordado este jueves crear un comité conjunto para intentar rebajar las recientes tensiones en la frontera, un día después de que Nairobi denunciara una violación de su soberanía por parte del Ejército del país vecino.
MOGADISHU, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that Somalia holds peaceful parliamentary and presidential elections in 2020/2021.
Augustine Magnus Kailie, AMISOM police commissioner told members of the civil society, political party representatives and the National Independent Electoral Commission (NIEC) on Friday evening that AMISOM, in partnership with key Somali stakeholders, was ready to secure the upcoming one-person-one-vote elections so that the process is free and fair.
El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Kuwait, Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim, envió hoy jueves dos telegramas de condolenciasde al Presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes, Mohamed Sheikh Abdulrahman, y al presidente del Consejo Federal, Abdi Abdullah, en los que expresó sus sinceras condolencias por las víctimas del atentado terrorista, que tuvo como objetivo un puesto de control en la capital Mogadiscio.
Cinq personnes au moins, dont un vice-ministre du gouvernement somalien, ont été tuées dans une attaque lancée samedi par les insurgés islamistes shebab contre un complexe administratif de la capitale Mogadiscio.
« J’ai vu les cadavres de quatre personnes, l’un d’eux en uniforme de la police », a dit à l’AFP un témoin, Abdulahi Mohamed. Le sénateur Ilyas Ali Hassan a ajouté que le vice-ministre du Travail et des Affaires sociales, Saqar Ibrahim Abdalla, avait également été tué.
Why is there so much excitement around the former prime minister's surprise appointment as Somalia's new president?
On 8 February, the protracted Somalia elections finally came to an end to widespread celebrations and surprise as Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo was appointed as the new president.
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