Somalia:Top Somali leaders vie for presidential contest

 

Laaska News August  16,  2012

MOGADISHU, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — The three top leaders of the Somali government namely the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the outgoing parliament have all announced their candidature for the upcoming presidential election due in less than a week.

Somalia:With new Prime Minister in place, UN urges Somalis to move forward on transition – UN News

Laaska News  June 24,2011

23 June 2011 –The United Nations envoy dealing with Somalia today congratulated Abdiweli Mohamed Ali on his appointment as the country’s new Prime Minister and stressed the importance of all parties

With stalemate broken, Ban urges Somalis to focus on completing transition

Laaska News  June 14,2011
10 June 2011 –Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Somali parties to move forward with key transitional tasks, such as completing the new constitution, now that a deal has been reached to overcome the dispute between the country’s

Somalia: UN envoy welcomes deal ending political stalemate

Laaska News  June 14,2011

9 June 2011 –The United Nations envoy for Somalia today welcomed the agreement reached to extend the terms of the country’s President and the Speaker of Parliament for another year as a breakthrough in ending the political impasse over the current transition

Extremism is sponsored by arrogant powers: Ahmadinejad

Laaska News December 28,2010.
Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN – Extremists who operate in Somalia and other parts of the world are sponsored by arrogant powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Somali Parliament Speaker Sharif