More than 80% of Somalia's new parliament members were sworn in Thursday ... The chairperson of the Somali Federal Election Committee, Muse Guelleh Yusuf, hailed the event, held at the heavily ...

After weeks of intense debate, Somalia's bicameral federal parliament approved amendments to the first four chapters in the country's provisional constitution. In a joint session in Mogadishu ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somalia's fragile government says last week's decision by the country's parliament to extend its term for three years was aimed at averting a political vacuum. Cabinet ...

Somalia’s Federal Parliament unanimously approved amendments to the first four out of 15 chapters of the provisional constitution, thereby fulfilling an electoral pledge of President Hassan Sheikh ...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised an agreement by Somalia's government on Thursday on a model for the electoral process to establish a new, bicameral federal parliament in 2016 ...

Mogadishu — Somali Federal Members of Parliament Saturday approved Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed as the country's Prime Minister in an overwhelming vote, Garowe Online reports. Parliament ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s new parliament was sworn in and convened for the first time Monday, but a scheduled presidential vote was not held. No firm date has been given for the vote ...

Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur, speaker of Somalia's lower house or Federal Parliament, presided over the meeting in the capital Mogadishu and announced the vote, saying parliamentarians from both ...

The Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Abdullahi Omar Abshir, said 148 out of 150 lawmakers voted in favor of the treaty for Somalia to join the ...