MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has described the ongoing Banadir regional local council elections as a historic milestone and a symbol of the country’s democratic recovery. The vote, which started this morning in the capital, marks the first time residents of Mogadis»»»

President Mohamud says adopting Swahili ‘important for our integration into the region’. Somalia will begin preparations to boost teaching of the Swahili language in schools and universities, its president says. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud made the announcement on Tuesday at an East African Com»»»

Somalia is to introduce Swahili, the lingua franca of East Africa, to its national curriculum, the president has announced. English is used as the language of instruction for most subjects nationwide at secondary schools, with Arabic the only other compulsory second language taught at the moment. B»»»

Former Somali presidents on Tuesday accused the government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of misappropriating public land and called for the relocation of families displaced by recent evictions in Mogadishu. In a joint statement, ex-presidents Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Moh»»»