Beledweyne (WDN) — Voters turned out at polling stations across parts of Hirshabelle and Galmudug on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, casting ballots in simultaneous local council and regional assembly elections conducted under Somalia’s one-person, one-vote system. In Hirshabelle, voters are electing members of the Hirshabelle House of Representatives as well as district and local council...
By Abdisaid M. AliThe chairperson of Lomé Peace and Security Forum and the Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of FGS Somali politics has always been governed by the present tense. Power is measured not by whether institutions endure but by what leaders can deliver in the moment. Offices and revenues are treated as spoils, coalitions...
NEW YORK (AP) — When he announced his run for mayor back in October, Zohran Mamdani was a state lawmaker unknown to most New York City residents. On Tuesday evening, the 33-year-old marked his stunning political ascension when he declared victory in the Democratic primary from a Queens rooftop bar after former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo...