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Barre's Supreme Revolutionary Council transformed the country into a single-party Marxist-Leninist state. [15] [16] [17] While a public direct election for President was held in December 1986, Somalia was a one-party state at the time; the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party (SRSP) was the only legal political party, and incumbent Siad Barre was the only candidate.
Date. September 3, 2022. Deaths. 21. Perpetrator. al-Shabaab. On September 3, 2022, militants from al-Shabaab ambushed a civilian bus traveling from Beledweyne to Mahas, in Hiran, Somalia. Over twenty civilians were killed, and the bombing occurred in the middle of the 2022 Hiraan offensive by the Somali military against al-Shabaab.
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia's foreign minister has warned that ammunition supplied to Somalia could exacerbate conflict and be diverted to terrorists, Ethiopia's state news agency reported on Tuesday.
A full-blown constitutional crisis developed in Somalia when the Somai President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, changed the Constitution of Somalia on April 30, 2024. The change was strongly opposed by the President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni. As a result, Puntland withdrew its recognition of the Federal Government of Somalia and declared itself ...
The elections for the Senate of the Federal Parliament began on 29 July and concluded on 13 November. [2][3][4] The elections for the House of People began on 1 November 2021 and concluded on 31 March 2022. [5] They were initially scheduled to end on 24 December 2021, [6][7] however, by 25 December, only 24 of 275 representatives had been ...
Hamza Abdi Barre (Somali: Xamse Cabdi Barre, Arabic: حمزة عبد بري) is a Somali politician who has served as the prime minister of Somalia since 2022. He was nominated on 15 June 2022, by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, [3] and he was endorsed by parliament on 25 June 2022 (229 in favour, 7 opposed, 1 abstention). [4]
SNTV broadcasts 24 hours a day, and can be viewed both within Somalia and abroad via terrestrial and satellite platforms. [8] Somali National Television is the principal public service broadcaster in Somalia. Headquartered in Mogadishu, the nation's capital, its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting throughout the country.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (Somali; Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud; born 29 November 1955) [1] is a Somali politician who has served as the president of Somalia since May 2022, having previously held the office from 2012 to 2017. [2] He is the founder and current chairman of the Union for Peace and Development Party. He was indirectly elected as President of ...