With the exception of votes in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the breakaway region of Somaliland, Somalia last ...

Analysts say the Mogadishu vote represents the most concrete attempt yet to move Somalia away from its longstanding ...

The vote in Myanmar, widely seen as a sham, is a bid for legitimacy by the military government. It is also a way for Beijing ...

Somalia last held direct elections in 1969, before a military coup that kept civilians out of power for decades.

For the first time in decades, Somalia is abandoning its clan-based political system and allowing residents of Mogadishu to ...