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Somalia’s electoral disputes body says it has received over 1200 complaints to date

Somalia’s Independent Electoral Disputes Resolution Mechanism (IEDRM), the body mandated to address complaints arising from the country’s ongoing electoral process, has already received 1,219 complaints, its head announced today.

27 Oct 2016

Somalia 2016 Electoral Process

What is the 2016 electoral process for?

25 Oct 2016

Remarks by Deputy SRSG Raisedon Zenenga, Officer-In-Charge Of UNSOM, on United Nations Staff Day

Today, the United Nations family will gather at all duty stations and field missions in celebration of the courage, commitment and sacrifice of the men and women who have answered the noble call to become international civil servants.

25 Oct 2016

Young Samira Hussein Duale championing the rights of Somali women

Samira Hussein Duale believes the fight for women’s rights knows no boundaries. Though born and bred in Kenya, Samira moved to Somalia, her ancestral home, in March 2014, to fulfil her teenage dream of not only becoming a women’s rights champion but also the first female President of Somalia.

24 Oct 2016

Asha Abdulle Siyad - Pushing the boundaries for Somali Women

Asha Abdulle Siyad could have chosen to remain in relative comfort in Canada where she lived and worked as a certified family educator. However, it is not what she longed for. Her heart yearned for a reunion with her family back home in Somalia.

19 Oct 2016

Mogadishu youths call for a peaceful and vibrant capital city

Somali youths called for a peaceful and vibrant capital city capable of fostering economic prosperity at an event held in the Somali capital today.

The views were voiced by dozens of youths in Mogadishu who are participating in an urban campaign entitled “The City Youth Need”.

13 Oct 2016

Somali religious scholars defend 30 percent quota for women

The Somali Religious Scholars Council has thrown its weight behind the 30 percent quota for women’s representation in parliament, saying that Islam does not oppose participation of women in politics.

08 Oct 2016

Somalia’s Electoral Dispute Resolution body holds discussions on the 2016 electoral process

The Federal Indirect Electoral Implementation Team (FIEIT) and members of the Electoral Dispute Resolution Mechanism (EDRM) today held a consultative meeting to agree on ground rules for the 2016 electoral process.

07 Oct 2016

Somali women defend gender rule

Somali women leaders have called for a stop to politicization of the 30 percent gender rule.

05 Oct 2016

New administrative building inaugurated in Baidoa

A new, multi-purpose building for use by the Interim South West Administration’s (ISWA) ministry of planning and international cooperation has been inaugurated in Baidoa.

28 Sep 2016

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