Tag: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Somali leaders mark Eid al-Adha with calls for unity and solidarity
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud joined Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, government officials and hundreds of people for Eid...
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Somali president meets poets to discuss role of arts in state-building
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met Monday with prominent Somali poets and literary figures to discuss the role of arts and...
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Somali president defends direct elections, says indirect voting fueled violence
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud defended his government’s push for one-person, one-vote elections Saturday, saying the co...
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OPINION — Four Years of President Hassan Sheikh’s Somalia End: From fragility to fracture
On 15 May 2026, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reaches the formal expiration of his constitutional mandate amid one of the most politically fragile m...
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Somali government, opposition fail to reach deal in Mogadishu election talks
Mogadishu (HOL) — Talks between Somalia’s federal government and opposition leaders ended without agreement Wednesday after several hours of discu...
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US denies mediating Somalia political dispute as election tensions grow
Mogadishu (HOL) — The United States has denied reports that it is directly mediating talks between Somalia’s federal government and opposition lea...
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Farmaajo warns Somalia government against restricting Mogadishu protests
Mogadishu (HOL) — Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo on Saturday accused the federal government of trying to restrict and suppress p...
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Somali President arrives in Djibouti for President Guelleh inauguration
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Djibouti City on Friday leading a Somali delegation to attend the inauguration c...
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Somalia, Burkina Faso discuss counterterrorism cooperation
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali Minister of Internal Security Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Fartaag met with Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, du...
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President Mohamud invites Somali Future Council to talks as electoral dispute deepens
Mogadishu (HOL) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has invited members of the Somali Future Council to attend a high-level meeting in Mogadish...
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