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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Mortar Attack As New Lawmakers Meet
DW, 18 April 2022
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… Read more »
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Somalia: The Swearing in of the New Parliamentarians Underway in Mogadishu
Shabelle, 14 April 2022
The security in Mogadishu was beefed up ahead of the swearing-in of the newly elected MPs is scheduled to take place this morning with roads closed. Read more »
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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Claims Mortar Attack As Somalia's New Parliament Meets
Shabelle, 18 April 2022
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… Read more »
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East Africa: Eastern African Countries Agree to Work Together On Security Issue
ENA, 17 April 2022
The East African military intelligence institutions have agreed to work together on the security issue in the region. Read more »
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Somalia: New Parliament to Choose a President in Somalia
Shabelle, 17 April 2022
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… Read more »
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Somalia: New Members of Parliament Sworn in
VOA, 14 April 2022
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. Read more »
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Somalia: Somalia's Political Paradoxes Forestall Progress and Stability
CFR, 13 April 2022
Somali politicians use nationalism to evade political pressure that seeks to create a more accountable and effective state. Read more »
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Somalia: Mortars Hit Somali Parliament in Mogadishu
Shabelle, 18 April 2022
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. Read more »
Mortar Attack Interrupts Parliamentary Session in Somalia
Several people were left injured after a mortar attack struck the area around Somalia's parliamentary building on Monday just as newly elected lawmakers convened for the second time only.
The newly elected members of the Senate and the House of the People were sworn in on Thursday following elections that had been postponed for over a year.
Only 297 out of 329 seats were filled, but lawmakers pledged to move ahead with the electoral process that has been marred by a power struggle between the sitting president and prime minister.
The two houses of parliament will vote on their speakers later in the month, a necessary step before proceeding to the election of the country's new president.
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Al-Shabaab mounted one of its deadliest attacks last week, targeting elections at the regional presidential palace in Beledweyne town. Forty-eight people were killed and more than ... Read more »
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Officials have asked the White House to send several hundred troops to Somalia, the Wall Street Journal reported last week. In the final weeks of his presidency, ... Read more »
Election officials count ballots during the electoral process to choose members of the lower house of the Federal Parliament in Baidoa, Somalia, November 16, 2016.
