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“Ultimately, I believe cultural change will favour women, especially when we move to party politics, where leaders are elected on the basis of their manifestos and not gender.” These words by Suldan Warsame Suldan Alio Ibrow…

On 24 November Jubbaland became the first Federal State in Somalia to conclude selection of candidates for seats in the House of the People. Now the state's electoral officials are being invited by other Federal States to…

South West State has filled 66 seats out of the 69 allocated after today’s voting which has elected Hanifa Mohamed Ibrahim, formerly a gender officer for the South West presidency. She was declared the winner in an all-female…

Two candidates were voted to the House of the People as the electoral process for Banaadir region started today. The peaceful exercise saw the re-election of former second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mahad Abdalla Awad, and…

Seven more candidates have been elected in the past two days to the House of the People in the ongoing electoral process in Galmudug and HirShabelle states. Two of the five candidates elected in Cadaado on Monday and Tuesday…

The United Nations has commenced training of Galmudug State Assembly members to strengthen their legislative capacities, as part of ongoing efforts to build nascent Federal State institutions in Somalia. The training…

Five more members of parliament were elected today to the House of the People in the ongoing electoral process in Baidoa and Jowhar, the administrative capitals of South West and HirShabelle States. The election in Baidoa…

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) Michael Keating and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia Francisco Madeira visited Cadaado…

Four more candidates were elected to the Lower House of Somalia’s Federal Parliament in the ongoing electoral process in the South West State. In Baidoa, two women were among the four candidates elected on day nine of…

Elections for the Lower House in South West State are expected to be finalized next week as only 16 out of the 69 seats remain to be filled. The State Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (SIEIT) Deputy Chairman, Sid Ali…

The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States commend the Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team…

Jubbaland became the first federal member state in Somalia to complete voting for seats in the House of the People today. Balloting for the last of 43 seats allocated to Jubbaland resulted in the election of Ibrahim Mohamed…