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Somalia: No New Date Set for Elections
VOA, 26 July 2021
Somalia's indirect election of lawmakers, expected to begin Sunday, was delayed once again as regional parliaments were not ready. Read more »
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Somalia: Govt Postpones Long-Delayed Election - Sources
RFI, 25 July 2021
Somalia has postponed elections that were were due to start on Sunday after months of delays in the deeply unstable Horn of Africa country. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Threatens to Disrupt Upcoming Elections
VOA, 21 July 2021
Somali terrorist group al-Shabab has threatened to attack electoral delegates who will be choosing lawmakers in parliamentary elections beginning next week. Read more »
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Somalia: Ex-Foreign Minister's Presidential Quest Tests Rigid Patriarchy
Nation, 15 July 2021
When Somalia's former foreign minister Fawzia Yusuf Haji Adam announced her candidacy for president in the next elections, the reaction in Mogadishu was mostly muted. Read more »
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Somalia: U.S, Strikes Result of Mogadishu's 'Increased Op Tempo' Against Al-Shabaab - Secretary Austin
VOA, 24 July 2021
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Saturday that U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab in Somalia over the past few days were undertaken because Somali forces are… Read more »
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Somalia: U.S. Strikes Al-Shabaab in Somalia for First Time in Six Months
VOA, 20 July 2021
Somali commandos coming under attack from the al-Shabab terror group got some help from above, for the first time in months, in the form of a U.S. airstrike. Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia Rejects AU Proposals to Modify Amisom Role
Nation, 18 July 2021
The Somali government has raised a new rift with troop contributing countries to a peacekeeping mission on its territory after it rejected proposals to modify the forces for an… Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia to Iron Out Gedo, Somaliland Polls Bumps
East African, 17 July 2021
In spite of an agreement stating elections for Somaliland are to be held in Mogadishu, some analysts say the decision is far from fully agreed Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia Re-Elects Electoral Commission Boss Rejected By Opposition
East African, 7 July 2021
Somalia has taken another crucial step in its bid to conduct much-delayed elections, after opposition groups changed their stance and accepted an electoral boss they had initially… Read more »
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Somalia: Somali PM Roble Visits Kismayu in Electoral Shuttle Diplomacy
Nation, 9 July 2021
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble made an unannounced two-day trip to Kismayu in Jubbaland federal state to continue preparations for the upcoming indirect elections. Read more »