Monday 5,may 2025 {HMC} H.E. Sheikh Adan Mohamed Nur (Madobe), Speaker of Somalia’s Federal Parliament, had a productive meeting in Algiers, with H.E. Ibrahim Boughali, his Algerian counterpart and President of the Arab Parliamentary Union.

This meeting followed the Conference of the Speakers of the Arab Parliaments where issues relevant to participants were deeply explored.

Speaker Boughali welcomed Speaker Madobe and the delegation and thanked them for their participation in the Conference and in strengthening inter-parliamentary relations.

He also reiterated the necessity of establishing ways for cooperation between the Somali Parliament and the Algerian Parliament and appreciated Somalia’s efforts for stability and development in the Arab world.

In response, Speaker Madobe thanked the Government and people of the Algerian people for their generous hospitality and for hosting the high-level conference.

He continued to stress the importance of strengthening the relationship, specifically on a parliamentary level, and stressed the significance of collaborative legislation and a common pathway to shared development.

Speaker Madobe further praised Algeria’s long-standing commitment to Arab issues and described parliamentary as means for legislative exchange and strengthened fraternal relations between both States.

The meeting concluded with an agreement to promote better coordination and collective action on the interests of both Parliaments building from the shared interests, and historical ties.

Monday 5,may 2025 {HMC} The members of the Federal Parliament of Somalia held their sixth session today at the headquarters of the House of the People, its 10th meeting, chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and Second Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Abdullahi Omar Abshirow.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and Second Deputy Speaker, who opened the session, urged the members of the House to observe the rules and regulations of the House and to observe the time of attendance in the House.

After that, the members of the House of the People passed the second reading of the bill on the census and civil status statistics, and the report on the second reading of this bill was read to the House by the Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs, Regional Administrations and Security of the House of the People, MP Nur Ahmed Diiriye (Nor Afey).

The members of the House of the People of the National Parliament expressed their views on the provisions of this bill and its importance to the country, asking questions about this bill to the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Committee on Internal Affairs.

In conclusion, the Second Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Abdullahi Omar Abshirow, who officially closed the meeting, instructed the Internal Affairs Committee to incorporate the views and recommendations of the MPs into this bill and then return it to the House for a third reading.

Monday 5,may 2025 {HMC} H.E. Ahmed Abdi Kariye, President of Galmudug State, has formally commenced the reconstruction of the main tarmacked road connecting the district of Guriceel with the state capital Dhusamareb. This initiative is a joint venture between the citizens of Galmudug and the Galmudug regional government.

President Kariye stated that the reconstruction work would start immediately and that the government had procured all the necessary equipment. He asserted that the government would work very closely with the local people and was working together in the construction of roads as part of the Galmudug government commitment to both infrastructure and connectivity in the region.

Monday 5,may 2025 {HMC} The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, H.E. Hamza Abdi Barre, has reiterated his government’s promise to foster domestic production as a vital vehicle to unlock socio-economic growth, as well as achieving food self-sufficiency within the country.

The Prime Minister made this declaration during the official opening ceremony of the National Conference on Food and Agricultural Investment, during which he discussed the major challenges in terms of the inability to produce agricultural outputs locally, and subsequently called on Somali youths in particular Entrepreneurs to explore investment opportunities in Somalia’s agricultural sector in order to reduce the over reliance on imported agricultural products. The Prime Minister explained we can meet the demand of local industries and lay the foundation for food security domestically simply by growing the products locally instead.

As part of the program, The Prime Minister listened to Somali youth make presentations of their innovations in agriculture. He called upon youths across the country to study agricultural sciences and contribute to a self suffisicing, productive generation.