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Somalia’s newly elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addresses lawmakers after winning the vote at the airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somali President: Defeat of Terrorism Paves Way for Economic Revival

by Ali Helni | May 26, 2017 | Interviews

Mogadishu– Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed said that defeating terrorism would pave the way for reviving the economy. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on the occasion of the passing of 100 days since he took office, Mohamed said that...

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Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud signs the Paris Agreement on climate change at the U.N. headquarters. Reuters

Somali President: Iran Threatens Arab Security, Hence Ties Were Cut

by Ali Helni | Aug 11, 2016 | Interviews

Mogadishu-Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud will be completing his fourth year in power next September. In his term, Somalia shared the world many political and security turbulences. His Excellency had fought fierce political battles, and survived many...

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Somalia lawmakers raise their hands during a confidence vote on Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, at the Parliament Building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 6, 2014, A.P

Somalia: The First Two-House Parliament, Six-State Federalism

by Ali Helni | Jul 6, 2016 | World

Mogadishu- A new parliament will be announced next month in Somalia consisting of an Upper House and a Lower House (House of the People). Somalia has not had a popularly-elected government since 1969. The new Federal Parliament of Somalia, encompassing six states, is...

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File photo of Abdikarim Hussein Guled, Somalian minister of the Interior and of National Security. (AAA)

Somalian Minister on Domestic Security and Piracy

by Ali Helni | Mar 29, 2013 | Interviews

Mogadishu, Asharq Al-Awsat—Abdikarim Hussein Guled is the Somalian minister of the Interior and of National Security. Born in 1966 in Hiran, a region in central Somalia, he went on to graduate from the Department of Management at the University of Science and...