Mohammed Omer Mulla

Geneva - The United Nations Human Rights office said on Friday it could not assess the fairness of a trial taking place in Saudi Arabia related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but that in any case it was “not sufficient”. UN’s Office of Human Right’s Spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, asked about reports that a Saudi prosecutor had sought the death sentence for five suspects linked to the Oct. 2 killing, reiterated the office’s call for an independent investigation “with international involvement” . The comments from the UN  Human Rights official came a day after the high-profile trial of the 11 suspects charged with Khashoggi's murder opened Thursday in the Saudi’s capital, Riyadh. Khashoggi, was Washington Post contributor & Saudi insider-turned-critic , who was murdered by Saudi agents in the KSA consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2, 2018.

File: Puntland Elected speaker, Abdihakin aka Dhoobo Daarood Garowe-Puntland state lawmakers elected Abdihakin Ahmed Mohamed,aka Dhoobo Daareed as the next 5 years speaker of parliament on Friday, after two rounds of voting in Garowe, the state’s capital, the house’s Interim speaker, Hussien Yasin Hajji announced. The elected speaker secured 43 votes against his rival Abdi-jamal Osman Mohamed in the second round with 23 votes out of the 66 votes casted, according to Yasin Hajji. He firstly commented as parliament speaker, Abdihakin thanked the legislators who voted for him and who don’t. The newly elected 66 MPs will elect the president on Jan. 8 poll. Over 20 presidential aspirants showed up, including the incumbent Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas