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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Somali president challenged

Somali president challenged

NEWS
SOMALIA’S  president, whose four-year term expired this month, should not take part in talks aimed at resolving a dispute that has caused a delay in choosing a new head of state, two of Somalia's five regional governments said yesterday. Parliament had been due to make a choice on February 8, but this was delayed because new lawmakers have yet to be picked while opponents of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who is seeking a second term, accuse him of packing his supporters into the regional and national boards who choose the legislators. The delay has stoked tensions in the Horn of…
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Feb
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Jubbaland rejects president’s inclusion

Jubbaland rejects president’s inclusion

NEWS
ONE of five of Somalia's regional governments said on Sunday it had rejected the inclusion of national President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in talks aimed at resolving a deadlock on a delayed election, exacerbating a crisis on the vote. Leaders in the two federal states, Puntland and Jubbaland, had already said earlier this month they would no longer recognise President Mohamed, whose term expired on Feb.8. "The expired president Farmajo should be out of the election process. He should not have a role in the process of election in order for all political stakeholders to have confidence in it," Jubbaland's state…
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Feb
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s opposition propose power sharing

Somalia’s opposition propose power sharing

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH 06AN alliance of Somali opposition parties proposed the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and civil society to govern the Horn of Africa nation after the president's term expired yesterday with no clear succession plan. The power vacuum and divisions between political leaders was a boost to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency, a Somali security analyst warned, citing a spate of recent attacks in a relatively peaceful part of the country. The opposition alliance said they would reject any attempt to extend the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and suggested the council could…
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Feb
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia presidential vote set to be delayed

Somalia presidential vote set to be delayed

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH and ABDIQANI HASSAN SOMALIA is unlikely to hold its indirect election for a new president on Monday as planned, provincial officials say, despite last-minute talks between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his opponents to arrange the vote. The country, which has had only limited central government since 1991, is trying to reconstruct itself with the help of the United Nations. It had initially intended to hold its first direct election in more than three decades this year and score a rare victory against chronic instability. Delays in preparations, and the government's inability to rein in daily attacks by…
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Dec
17
2020
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s opposition urges Turkey not to send arms to police unit

Somalia’s opposition urges Turkey not to send arms to police unit

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA's opposition political candidates have written to Turkey urging it not to send a planned shipment of weapons to a special police unit that they fear incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed could use to "hijack" forthcoming elections. Political tensions have been high in the Horn of Africa country, stoked by opposition anger over a delay in holding the elections for both chambers of parliament. The polls were initially planned for this month but that plan was scrapped following disagreements over the composition of the electoral board. On Tuesday opposition supporters marched in the capital Mogadishu denouncing the president…
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Dec
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Somalia cuts ties with Kenya, shots fired at Mogadishu protests

Somalia cuts ties with Kenya, shots fired at Mogadishu protests

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA has cut diplomatic relations with neighbouring Kenya, accusing it of meddling in politics as protests and gunfire erupted in the capital Mogadishu over delayed elections. The dispute could undermine cooperation in the fight against the Islamist group al Shabaab in Somalia, where Kenya provides 3,600 troops to an African Union peacekeeping force. "Somalia calls back all its diplomats from Kenya and orders Kenyan diplomats to leave Somalia within seven days," Somali Information Minister Osman Dube told the state news agency. Dube added in a statement read on Radio Mogadishu that Nairobi was interfering, but did not give…
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Jul
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s parliament ousts prime minister in no-confidence vote

Somalia’s parliament ousts prime minister in no-confidence vote

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA'S parliament ousted Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire in a no-confidence vote on Saturday, as a simmering power struggle between him and the president came to the fore. Khaire and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed have been tussling over whether to delay a national election due in February next year, with the prime minister insisting it go ahead and the president favouring postponement. President Mohamed elevated the deputy prime minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled to prime minister in an acting capacity, a statement issued by his office said. The president's allies have also accused Khaire of failing to stabilise the…
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