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10 February 2017 – Welcoming political and security progress in Somalia since 2012, including the recently concluded elections in the country, the United Nations Security Council today highlighted the need to “maintain the momentum” towards democratic governance in the African nation. In a Presidential Statement adopted today, the 15-member Council also hailed the increased representation […]

ON THE streets of Eastleigh, a suburb of Nairobi that is home to a large part of the city’s Somali population, the celebrations went on through the night. Young men threw firecrackers; cars hooted their horns as they moved slowly through the revelry.z In Mogadishu, gunfire rang out—for once not in anger but in joy. […]

Somalia’s former president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, third from left, with newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo after votes were counted on Feb. 8. (Said Yusuf Warsame/European Pressphoto Agency) Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a former prime minister and U.S. dual citizen, won Somalia’s long-postponed presidential election Wednesday. Voting took place at the international airport under heavy security. Somali citizens were […]

Erdoğan congratulated Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Farmajo during a telephone call after he was elected by Somali lawmakers following five hours of voting Wednesday in the capital, Mogadishu. Turkey attaches great importance to stability and prosperity in Somalia, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his newly-elected Somali counterpart late Wednesday, according to a Turkish presidential source. Erdoğan […]

 The new President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, is sworn in after he was declared the winner of the election held at the Mogadishu Airport hangar. UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed.  Secretary-General António Guterres joined the wider United Nations and its international partners in congratulating Mohamed Abdullahi ‘Farmajo’ upon his election as the Somalia’s new President and […]

Kenya’s high court has said it would be unconstitutional to close the world’s biggest refugee camp, which houses more than 200,000 people who have fled war in neighbouring Somalia. In a ruling on Thursday, the court said a government order to shut the camp, which would have sent the refugees back to Somalia from the […]

Former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed promises ‘new beginning’ for beleaguered country Celebrations have erupted on the streets of Somalia after parliamentarians elected a new president, with crowds chanting songs and firing automatic weapons into the night sky. The election of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a 55-year-old former prime minister and dual US-Somali national with a […]

Turkish forces are seen in al-Bab town in northern Syria. (IHA Photo) Russia confirmed that it fighter jets mistakenly targeted Turkish soldiers near Syria’s al-Bab on Thursday, killing three soldiers and wounding 11 others. In a statement released by the Turkish General Staff, the military also confirmed the incident and said that a bomb mistakenly […]

US President-elect Donald Trump, seen during the Republican National Convention this summer.  Two University of Bergen professors on what Trump’s election can mean for the scientific community. By Andrea Saltelli, University of Bergen and Silvio Oscar Funtowicz, University of Bergen. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. If Brexit signified the end […]

Former Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who holds joint American citizenship, was elected president on Wednesday, vowing to crack down on corruption and Al-Shabaab militants. The 55-year-old former premier, whose hails from the Darod clan and who goes by the nickname “Farmajo”, won after incumbent president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud admitted defeat in a second […]