Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has announced his candidacy for a second term in presidential elections scheduled for May 15. On Twitter, President Farmajo said he was seeking a second term in “response to the call of the Somali people” and to continue “on the path of progress and development”. …
Read More »Somalia: elections once again postponed
Somalia has once again pushed back the deadline for completing parliamentary elections, which are already more than a year overdue, because of political disputes. The remaining 50 seats in the country’s lower house must now be filled by the end of this month. Somalia has not held a one-person-one-vote election …
Read More »Somalia: U.N and partners urge leaders to resolve conflicts
The United Nations and other countries are in talks with Somalia’s president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and prime minister Mohamed Roble to urge them to reduce tensions in their political feud that has fed fears of a military clash, officials said on Wednesday. The conflict comes as President Farmajo suspended the …
Read More »Somali : president Farmajo and PM agree to end row
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble have reportedly agreed to end a bitter rift that had threatened to derail the country’s long-delayed elections, reports said. The row between the two leaders had also risked splitting Somali security forces. It was sparked by the government’s handling …
Read More »Somalia: PM says elections will take place despite dispute with President
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has announced that parliamentary elections will be held in the country despite his differences with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. “We are committed to holding the elections as planned and other existing matters will not have any effect on the elections,” Mr Roble told a …
Read More »Somalia: scramble between President Farmajo and PM over security minister sacking
Disagreements between the Somali president and his prime minister are intensifying. The Prime Minister of the country has indeed dismissed the Minister of Security, a decision that the president rejected. Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the minister late Wednesday but President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” rejected the move. Mr Roble replaced …
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