Mogadishu, Friday, 1^st November, 2024

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud officially closed the meeting of the National Consultative Council in Mogadishu.

 

• The National Consultative Council has issued a Communique after concluding their meetings in Mogadishu.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud closed the fourth symposium of the Center for Research and Studies of Maqasid in Mogadishu.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said that the country has geared towards One Person One Vote, and that Somali people are not ready to go back to the indirect election that has been going on in the country for the last 24 years.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has closed the 5th Conference on Leadership and Innovation of Somali Youth.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud participated in an event to welcome the ORUC REIS ship which is exploring Somalia’s oil.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held talks in Mogadishu with the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Djibouti Mohamed Dileyta.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud hosted a dinner event for the members of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, and briefed them on the government’s political agenda.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey, Dr. Alparslan Bayraktar in Mogadishu

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud received Mr. Methqal Mohamed, a special envoy from Morocco who delivered a message to the President from King Mohammed VI.

 

• President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held talks at Villa Somalia with German Ambassador to Somalia Sebastian Groth.

 

• Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre met the Special Envoy of the German Government for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Heiko Nitzschke.

 

• Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre met with the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Dileita Mohamed Dileita.

 

• Prime Minister Hamsa Abdi Barre visited the center for the preparation of the National Transformation Plan NTP 2025-2029.

 

• The Prime Minister, Mr. Hamsa Abdi Barre, inaugurated the Trauma and Emergency Care Center that was added to the Somali Police Force hospital of Medina in Mogadishu.

 

• Prime Minister Mr. Hamsa Abdi Barre has overseen the hand over ceremony of the new Minister of the Ministry of Public Works Mr. Ilmi Mahmoud Nurfrom the outgoing Minister Mr. Abdisalan Abdi Ali Dhay.

 

• The Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Salah Ahmed Jama, attended the 23rd Summit of the COMESA member countries of East and Southern Africa in Bujumbura.

 

• The 2nd Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Abdisalan Abdi Ali, has attended the hand over ceremony of the new Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, MP Yusuf Mohamed Adan.

 

• The 2nd Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Abdisalan Abdi Ali inaugurated the Jowhar Water Reservoir Project, which is part of the development projects of the Somali government in Hir Shabelle State.

 

• The 2nd Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Abdisalan Abdi Ali Dhay, has visited the preparation of the NTP National Transformation Plan in Mogadishu.

 

• The Cabinet of the Federal Government of Somalia has approved memorandum of understandings between Somalia and China, and Qatar.

 

• Somali National Forces have intensified military offensive against the Kharijites Al Shabab in several frontlines causing severe loses to the enemy.

 

• The Speaker of the Upper House Mr. Abdi Hashi Abdullahi congratulated Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Al Yamahi who was recently elected as the new Speaker of the Arab Parliament.

 

• Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Ahmed Maallin Fiqi met with Eng. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and discussed the promotion of investment and business opportunities in Somalia.

 

• The Minister of Animal Husbandry Mr. Hassan Hussein Mohamed signed a memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources of Oman.

 

• The Minister of Interior Mr. Ali Yusuf Ali Hoosh held a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Ambassador Wang Yu.

 

• The Minister of Defense Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur met with the Special Envoy of the German government in charge of the Horn of Africa Amb. Heiko Nitzschke.

 

• The Minister of Information, Honorable Daud Aweys Jama, visited the National Transformation Plan Labs in Mogadishu.

 

• The Minister of Planning, Mr. Mohamud Abdirahman Sheikh Farah and the Minister of Communication and Technology, Mr. Mohamed Adan Ma’allin Ali, visited the laboratories that are analyzing the importance of the National Transformation Plan.

 

• The Minister of Finance Mr. Bihi Iman Ige had a meeting in Washington DC with the Secretary General of the Minister of Economic Relations and Development of the German Government Mr. Niels Annen.

 

• The Minister of Defense Mr. Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Turkey Mr. Yaşar Güler signed a financial cooperation agreement in Turkey focusing on defense cooperation.

 

• The Minister of Finance, Mr. Bihi Iman Ige, held fruitful meetings with officials from European countries who support Somalia’s economic development.

 

• The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ali Omar chaired a meeting to set the goals of the Ministry and the National Transformation Plan of Somalia (2025-2029).

 

• The Minister of Security, Mr. Abdullahu Sheikh Ismail, has attended a meeting to discuss security operations in Mogadishu conducted by the Banadir Regional Police Command.

 

• The security forces in Mogadishu have captured a network of four members of the Kharijites Al Shabab who were trying to kill civilians and businessmen.

 

• The Commander of the Somali Police Force, Brigadier General Asad Osman Abdullahi, thanked the Somali people for their continued efforts to ensure security.

 

• The Commander of the Somali National Army Major General Ibrahim Sheikh Muhudin held talks with a delegation from the Turkish Government.

 

• The National Army and the Jubbaland Darawish forces carried out a military operation in Dhasheeg Waamo area of ​​Lower Jubba region, where a Kharijites Shabab commander and other militiamen were killed.

 

• Robow Abdiyow Hassan and Nurow Tukow Manur from Kharijites Al Shabab have surrendered to the 60th Division of the Somali National Army.

 

• Minister of Public Works Mr. Dr. Elmi Mohamud Nur visited the center of National Transformation Plan Labs in Mogadishu.

 

• . The Somali community in the city of Minneapolis in the United States welcomed the new Ambassador of Somalia to the United States, Ambassador Dahir Hassan Arab.

 

• The Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) began operations today, succeeding UNSOM mission following UNSC vote.

 

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