Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever ...
MOGADISHU, Dec 25 - Residents of Somalia's capital Mogadishu voted on Thursday in municipal elections meant to pave the way ...
Amid opposition boycotts, people in Mogadishu vote in the city’s first direct local polls since 1969. Residents of Somalia’s ...
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Somalia’s 2026 election risks a legitimacy crisis

For the past 25 years, Somalia’s political transitions have not succeeded by accident. They were sustained through international engagement, pressure, and mediation aimed at preserving fragile ...
The vote marks the first direct election held in Mogadishu in decades. According to the electoral body, 523 polling stations ...
MOGADISHU: Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week's local ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years. Local media showed voters waiting in ...
Residents of Somalia’s capital cast ballots in municipal elections seen as a test run for the country’s first direct national ...
On Wednesday, 27 October 2021, eighteen domestic election observers completed a two-day training workshop in Mogadishu. The training was aimed at enhancing their capacity to observe elections for ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years. Local media showed voters waiting in line ...
With the exception of votes in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the breakaway region of Somaliland, Somalia last ...