 Now, to stories in other parts of Africa, the United Nations top envoy in Somalia has welcomed the decision reached by Somali leaders to hold presidential and parliamentary elections within two months. This was followed by four days of intense negotiations in Mogadishu. UN Secretary-General's special representative for Somalia, James Swan, urged all stakeholders to move forward swiftly in the same spirit of compromise and cooperation to implement the agreement. On Thursday, Somalia's Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Robel and leaders of five federal member states alongside Governor of Banatir Regional Administration agreed that a process to elect the president and members of parliament would be completed in 60 days.