[VOA] Somalia's parliament has reelected former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud following marathon voting in Mogadishu on Sunday.

[DW] Lawmakers have finally chosen a new president. Current President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed was hoping to stay in power after over a year of in-fighting and delays.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected as Somalia's 10th president after winning the indirect election held in Mogadishu on Sunday, May 15.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU, Somalia - Several newly elected lawmakers in Somalia have asked the government to open channels of dialogue with the terrorist group al-Shabaab to explore peace in the African country.

[Shabelle] Somali lawmakers gathered in Mogadishu Sunday to vote in the country's long-overdue presidential election, with 35 candidates vying for the top job in the troubled Horn of Africa nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat o...

[Shabelle] Elite forces of Somali National Army (SNA) on Saturday arrested two al-Shabab militants after conducting operations in several locations of the Lower Shabelle region, southern Somalia, officials said.

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The spokesman of the Somali Police Force, Abdifatah Aden Hassan announced today that a curfew has been imposed in Mogadishu ahead of the election.

[DW] The Horn of Africa nation chooses its next president on Sunday amid tight security in the capital Mogadishu. The election is over a year behind schedule. DW takes an in-depth look at Somalia's complex electoral system.

[VOA] Somalia's police force says it will impose a lockdown in the capital beginning late Saturday to maintain security for the Sunday presidential election. According to the directive, city residents will be required to stay in their homes while veh...

[Shabelle] Police in Somalia have announced a 33-hour curfew on the capital Mogadishu that will keep almost all residents at home during a presidential election by lawmakers on Sunday, in which incumbent leader Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is seeking a ...

[ISS] Members are expected to help reduce conflict but confront the same structural obstacles that hobbled previous panels.

[The Conversation Africa] Somali lawmakers vote for the country's new president on May 15, marking the end of a long-delayed and controversial process. The Horn of Africa nation of 16 million has been struggling to achieve viable political stability ...

[Balancing Act] London -- Organistions like Zenzeleni have pioneered the use of mesh Wi-F in remote villages in South Africa to deliver low-cost Wi-Fi. This week Russell Southwood spoke to Edelquinn Njambi, Technical Sales and Marketing, Mesh ++ abou...

[Shabelle] Fighting intensified in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state, between the government forces and Ahlu Sunna forces who attacked the town.

[Shabelle] U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, along with The Honorable Larry E. André, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, met with Muse Bihi Abdi, President of Somaliland, in Hargeisa, Somalia, May 12, 2022.

[The New Humanitarian] Mogadishu -- 'In Somalia, your only protection is the number of weapons you have.'

[Shabelle] The Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, received at his office Abdikarin Sheikh Muse Qalbi Dhagah on Thursday after arriving in Mogadishu.

[VOA] Mogadishu, Somalia -- A police spokesman in Somalia says a suicide blast near Mogadishu airport, which is the site of Sunday's presidential election, has wounded seven people. Other police sources say at least three people, including two securi...

[Shabelle] The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has imposed a curfew on the Afisyoni air force hangar in the capital, Mogadishu, and the surrounding areas ahead of the presidential election due to take place on Sunday.

[Shabelle] BIYO-ADDE [SMN] - An official says mortar shells hit Biyo Adde village in the Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday night amid increasing insecurity in HirShabelle state.

[Shabelle] Somali police spokesman Abdifatah Aden Hassan spoke to reporters about the suicide bombing that took place near the KM4 junction in Mogadishu.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - An explosion near the KM4 junction in Mogadishu left at least four people dead and several wounded on Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - Somali parliament speaker Sheikh Adan Madobe made his first appointment since being elected as Lower House speaker on April 27th.

[Shabelle] Somali police confirmed Tuesday that four people including three police officers were killed and eight others injured in a roadside blast in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, Monday night.

[Shabelle] A huge explosion was reported in the Somali capital Mogadishu moments ago as the country is holding a crucial presidential election on May 15.

[Shabelle] The newly elected Lower House speaker Sheikh Aden Madobe has paid a tour to Afisyoni, the election venue in the airport vicinity on Tuesday.

[Shabelle] Somalia's international partners welcome the announcement by the parliamentary organizing committee that the election of the President will take place on Sunday, 15 May 2022.

[Shabelle] Somalia's Minister of Defense Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur met with the Minister for armed forces James Heappey in Mogadishu.

[Shabelle] A landmine blast targeted government soldiers in the Middle Shabelle region in southern Somalia on Wednesday in the latest of a series of bombings.

[Shabelle] MOGADISHU [SMN] - Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed announced his candidacy for long-delayed presidential elections that will be held later this month.