Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

Somalia has set another date for the presidential elections, which had been rescheduled three times; now to be held on December 28. The National Leadership Forum (NLF) – made up of the president, the prime minister, leaders of federal regions and clan elders agreed on the new date, Africa Review reports. Among the factors blamed […]

11 December 2016 – Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres is set to be sworn in Monday, 12 December, as the next United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon who steps down at the end of the month. Mr. Guterres, 67, was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High Commissioner […]

President-elect of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has assured the nation that he will do everything within his power to live up to the expectations of Ghanaians.“I thank God for his grace and favour for granting us victory in this election…to Ghanaians I won’t let you down. I will do all […]

Nairobi, 8 December, 2016 – African Union member states have begun implementing measures aimed at increasing funding for the organization and reducing its reliance on donor aid. One of the key measures being undertaken by member states to ensure reliable funding for continental development and integration programmes is the introduction of a new levy on […]

A 15-year-old ethnic Norwegian boy has confessed to Monday’s double murder at a primary school in Kristiansand. Several clues led police to the boy, who confessed almost immediately after being questioned by officers on Tuesday night. He has given a detailed statement to the police, who say that they have no reason to question his […]

Billionaire businessman has taken the magazine’s annual award for the world’s most influential person [Time] Time magazine has named president-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year for his shocking upset election victory that rewrote the rules of politics. “When have we ever seen a single individual who has so defied expectations, broken the rules, […]

Nairobi, 5 December 2016 – The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Department and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) are seeking ways of enhancing the management of compensation of personnel from Troop and Police Contributing countries to AMISOM. A four-day meeting to review the AU’s memorandum of understanding with countries which contribute military […]

The fencing of three kilometres of the Kenya-Somalia border is complete after the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) took over its construction over two months ago. The project, initiated by the Ministry of Interior in 2015 as a wall project, has since been switched to wire fencing along the porous border. Concrete poles joined with barbed […]

Jowhar, Cadaado, 29 November 2016 – 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 are women. They are Maryam Mohamed Hussein and Maryam Haji […]

South West state added five more MPs to the House of the People today, among them one woman, in elections held in the administrative capital, Baidoa. To date, South West state has filled 43 seats in the Lower House, out of an allocation of 69 seats, of which five have been won by women. The […]