Somali parliament needs funding to move to capital
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Lack of funds rather than insecurity has prevented Somalia's parliament from moving to the capital Mogadishu, where a curfew has been imposed amid a deepening insurgency, a senior official said on Saturday.
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Islamic militiamen have consolidated their power in the Somali capital, but their leaders now have to navigate treacherous clan politics, the source of the country&#039;s 15 years of anarchy.
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Confidence in the transitional government is rapidly bleeding away as Somalia becomes a more violent place.
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SOMALIA, the only country without a national government, took a step towards ending its failed-state status yesterday as international mediators swore in members of its new parliament.
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A peace forum in the Somali capital has been adjourned to allow delegates time to arrive, organisers say.
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There has been a large explosion outside the building housing Somalia's interim parliament, with casualties reported.
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The African Union could have troops in the Somali capital in a few weeks to help set up the new Somali government.
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Somalia's PM warns Islamists that Ethiopia and Kenya will help his government in case of attack.
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Kenya's political turmoil moved to parliament on Tuesday with the government and opposition wrestling for control of the nation's legislature after the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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NAIROBI -- Members of a new transitional parliament were sworn in yesterday, a key step toward establishing Somalia's first national government since 1991. But a dispute within one of the country's main clans over its delegates threatened to scuttle the peace process, mediators said.
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Somali members of parliament (MPs)on Tuesday signed a declaration in Kenya committing themselves to strengthen the ideals of peace, alleviate tensions and cause of conflict in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.
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The new Somali parliament for the interim phase opened its deliberations yesterday in an important step in the attempt to end 13 years of chaos, in the absence of representatives for the Land Of Somalia ( northern west of the country) which had announced
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Backed by the African Union,  Somalia's government appealed to the United Nations on Friday  to send a peacekeeping force there, but the Security Council  delayed a response until next month, diplomats said.
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NAIROBI, Aug. 22 -- Members of a new Somali transitional parliament were sworn in Sunday, a key step toward establishing the country&#39;s first national government since 1991.
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Parliament votes for Somalia's cabinet to relocate to the capital, as AU troops take control of the airport.
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NAIROBI, June 19 -- Far from being defeated, Somalia's opposition groups are politically uniting, strengthening, and planning a conference next month to hone their strategy for ousting the Somali government and the Ethiopian troops backing  it, according to a recent statement issued by the groups...
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KISMAYO, Somalia  - Islamist forces on Sunday   advanced toward Somalia's third largest city Kismayo and the   defense minister who controlled the region has fled, a witness   said.