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Puntland, Jubaland, and HirShabelle are yet to kick off the voting exercise due to internal crises and disputes in the polling stations.

The latest reports indicate that members of Darwish forces have joined the mutiny, saying they are not ready to fight against their fellow soldiers fighting for their rights.

The election is in Somalia has drawn a boycott by the opposition candidates after witnessing voter fraud and irregularities. 

The opposition candidates have expressed concerns over the electoral fraud and lack of transparency of the voting process in the Lower House election.

The Somali regional state has been battling against Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants for the past decade with US support. 

The ongoing election for the Lower and Upper House members was marred by fraud and manipulation by the outgoing leaders at the Villa Somalia.

The girl has been abducted and murdered within NISA by her bosses, according to her family which filed a lawsuit against four top officials in the military court. 

At least 17 people have been wounded in the blast which was claimed by Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia.

Each lawmaker is voted by 101 clan delegates picked by traditional elders in accordance with the current electoral system in Somalia which is based on 4.5 formula – four major tribes and the minorities.

Turkey provides training to Somalia's armed forces and is the only country that has a military base in the country’s capital Mogadishu [Turk-Som] which was opened in 2017.

A week after twin bombings killed four in the capital Kampala, police spokesman Fred Enanga said a detonator was discovered during a routine vehicle search at the nearby resort of Speke Munyonyo.

At least five people have died from hunger and lack of water in Jubaland for the past few days as thousands are at risk of starvation.