Tag: Somalia elections

The National Electoral Commission has begun dispatching election materials to South West State, days before the region’s landmark one-person-one-vote polls scheduled for 15 May...

The National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEC) has launched a voter registration drive in Wargalo, a rural town in the Mudug region of...

Somalia’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) launched a training program for election staff in the town of Afgooye on Monday, preparing for the country’s first...

Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has launched high-level consultations in Garowe on Somalia’s disputed elections and Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, moves that could shape Puntland’s stance and ties with Mogadishu.

Somalia’s electoral commission revised Mogadishu’s Banadir council results, shifting thousands of votes to the ruling party and prompting opposition boycott threats and possible Supreme Court challenges.

Mogadishu’s mayor praised residents and security forces after peaceful Benadir Regional Council elections across 16 districts, calling the high-turnout, incident-free vote a defining step for the city’s democratic future.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says the Benadir Regional Council elections in Mogadishu mark a historic shift from indirect rule to direct, constitutional voting, testing wider one-person, one-vote reforms.