Dr. Aadan Cabdullahi Aw-Xasan was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of the North Eastern State of Somalia on August 23, 2025, securing 53 votes in a parliamentary election held in Las’anod. Following his election, he was congratulated by Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The Speaker and his deputies were officially sworn in, commencing their legislative mandate. Additionally, the Speaker of the Federal Parliament extended congratulations to the newly elected assembly leader. In related political developments, Alfred Emberger was elected Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly in Nigeria after the resignation of his predecessor, Aondona Dajoh. Somali security forces executed two al-Shabaab militants, Anas Abdulkadir Ali Mohamoud (aka Salmaan) and Adan Mursal Mohamed Idow, on August 25, 2025, by firing squad in Mogadishu. The militants had been sentenced to death in May 2023 for assassinating three traditional elders in Galkayo. Meanwhile, Somali officials, including representatives from the Somali Disaster Management Agency and the United Nations, discussed humanitarian responses to the ongoing drought in Somalia. The President of South West State of Somalia, Laftagareen, met with UN Special Representative James Swan in Baidoa during his working visit. Other government activities included the Justice Minister joining a youth forum on security and integration in Mogadishu, the Minister of Education arriving in Jowhar with a delegation, and the Deputy Minister of Interior inspecting renovations at the Interior Ministry headquarters.