[VOA] Somalia's election process faced new delays Wednesday as the president and prime minister clashed publicly over election security procedures ahead of a planned parliamentary leadership vote in the capital.

[Shabelle] The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has congratulated Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe) on his election as Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia.

[Shabelle] The MPs of the Lower House unanimously voted to elect Sheikh Aden Madobe as the new speaker in an election held in Mogadishu on Wednesday night.

[Shabelle] Ethiopian authorities have arrested four suspects in connection with the Sunday bomb attack at a hotel in the historic city of Harar.

[Shabelle] The number of members of parliament who arrived at the Afisyon tent has increased to reach a quorum to elect a new speaker and two deputies.

[Shabelle] London -- UK Minister for Africa Vicky Ford has announced a new £25 million ($31.4 million) aid package to provide vital services to almost a million people in Somalia, as the country teeters on the brink of widespread famine, the Foreign...

[Shabelle] The Minister of Security said in a statement that he had suspended the Chief of Police, Major General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar.

[Shabelle] As elections for the Speakers and Deputy Speakers of Parliament take place this week, Somalia's international partners urge that these processes conclude peacefully.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has returned to the country after attending a conference in Geneva to discuss the country's severe drought situation.

[Shabelle] Senator Abdi Hashi Abdullahi has been re-elected to the Upper House of the Federal Parliament, following today's election in Mogadishu.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Thousands of business owners in this breakaway region of Somalia have been left penniless after a massive fire swept through the sprawling Waheen market, engulfing hundreds of stores, stalls and restaurants.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU, Somalia (Sh.M.N) - Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdisaid Muse Ali, has survived an apparent assassination attempt on his life after an attack in Galkacyo town in central Somalia's Mudug region.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Attorney General, Dr. Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud summoned the Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed.

[Shabelle] A statement from the Supreme Court said that it has no jurisdiction over the Hop86 seat won by Fahad Yasin in the February election.

[The Conversation Africa] The African Union Mission in Somalia - (AMISOM) - has ended its 15-year political and military experiment in post-conflict state building. On 1 April 2022, a shift took place as the African Union Transition Mission in Somali...

[VOA] The Somali government and a U.S. company are locked in a dispute over the validity of an oil exploration agreement reached in February in Istanbul.

[Shabelle] Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has condemned the killing of Badal Jama Hirsi, a renowned poet, and traditional elder by unknown gunmen on Monday night.

[WFP] The World Food Programme urgently needs US$437 million to respond and save lives in the region over the next six months

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The President of the South West state of Somalia Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftgareen has arrived in Mogadishu today.

[DW] A mortar attack interrupted a parliamentary session in Somalia as the newly elected lawmakers were meeting in the heavily fortified compound. Somalia is trying to complete the process of choosing a new president.

[Shabelle] Doha: Qatar Fund for Development sent 45 tons of food aid baskets to assist 750 affected families in the Somaliland region, in order to address the difficult conditions as a result of drought, in addition to the fire that erupted in the ma...

[Shabelle] Somalia's parliament came under mortar fire on Monday as the country's newly elected lawmakers were meeting for only the second time since taking office, an attack claimed by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab.

[Shabelle] A salvo of mortars struck outside the Somali parliament on Monday as the MPs of the Senate and Lower House concluded their first joint session.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The newly elected members of Somalia's Federal parliament have on Saturday convened their first session in Mogadishu to discuss the preparation of the election for the leadership of both houses.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - The Russia and Ukraine conflict is having an impact on the situation in Somalia which is facing famine conditions, the United Nations agencies said.

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The East African military intelligence institutions have agreed to work together on the security issue in the region.

[Shabelle] Somaliland -- In Hargeisa, more than 10 journalists remain behind bars for the fourth consecutive day after being arrested by security forces for reporting on a shootout at Hargeisa Central Prison.

[Shabelle] ADDIS ABABA [SMN] - The African Union Transitional Mission in Somalia is expected to have a new leader in the coming days after the relationship between the host government and the head of the mission soured last week.

[VOA] More than 80% of Somalia's new parliament members were sworn in Thursday, following repeated poll delays and an ongoing feud between the president and the prime minister.

[The New Humanitarian] Kismayo -- 'Delay costs lives; an inability to mobilise resources - and respond in time - costs lives.'