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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Somali leaders at odds over expulsion of AU envoy

Somali leaders at odds over expulsion of AU envoy

NEWS
SOMALIA'S prime minister expelled the African Union representative because of "acts incompatible with his status" but the president rejected the order, signalling a new rift between the leaders of the Horn of Africa nation. The power struggle between Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is widely seen as distracting the government from fighting an Islamist insurgency and last year fed fears of clashes within the military. African Union peacekeeping troops help the government fight the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group. Roble's office said the African Union representative, Francisco Madeira, must leave within 48 hours. "The…
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Apr
06
2022
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s intelligence agency warns of al Shabaab threat against top leaders

Somalia’s intelligence agency warns of al Shabaab threat against top leaders

NEWS
THE al Shabaab group linked to al Qaeda plans to target Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, the country's intelligence agency warned. Violence by the group, which aims to topple the central government and impose its own severe version of Islamic law, has been an impediment to parliamentary elections taking place since November. "We informed the key government officials of a plot in which al Shabaab mafia wants to target the president and prime minister," the National Intelligence and Security Agency said on Twitter. "Mohamed Mahir, senior al Shabaab member, is conducting the plot." The…
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Jun
30
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10

NEWS
SOMALIA will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, the prime minister has announced, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by a delay in holding the election. After a series of meetings between the main parties, clan elders will now pick lawmakers in September, who will then vote for a president on the new date, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was quoted as saying by the state news agency (SONNA). Under the indirect election system, clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December and the new lawmakers were due to elect a new president on February…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s PM commits to free, fair polls

Somalia’s PM commits to free, fair polls

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has committed himself to free and fair polls and signed an agreement with regional presidents to allow indirect elections to take place after delays had prompted a crisis. Clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December, who in turn were due to elect a new president on February 8. Both procedures failed to take place, amid disputes over issues that included the composition of an election commission that would supervise the voting. The disagreements caused concern that clans could turn on each other and that the al Shabaab Islamist group,…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Agreement paves way for elections

Agreement paves way for elections

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S political leaders have reached an agreement that will pave the way for elections, its foreign affairs minister has announced, ending months of deadlock that at times turned violent. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's term expired in February, but wrangling over elections meant a new group of lawmakers was not selected in December to choose a new president. To resolve the deadlock, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble met with the presidents of five regions to address their concerns over the election's conduct. "We have now reached an agreement that will lead Somalia to free and fair elections. Going forward…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Somali PM reserves 30% of parliament seats for women

Somali PM reserves 30% of parliament seats for women

NEWS
MOHAMMED OMER NEARLY a third of Somalia's parliamentary seats will be reserved for female lawmakers in an election next month, the prime minister said, a measure long demanded by women's rights campaigners in the Horn of Africa nation. While welcoming the announcement by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, some women's groups cautioned that implementing the measure in time for the February 8 poll would be challenging and depended on the commitment of clan leaders. Somalia has been riven by civil war since 1991, and due to the fragile security situation, elections consist of clan delegates choosing members of parliament as…
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Oct
20
2020
By The African Mirror
Somalia prime minister retains finance, foreign ministers in new cabinet

Somalia prime minister retains finance, foreign ministers in new cabinet

BUSINESS
SOMALIA'S Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble retained finance minister Abdirahman Duale Bayle in a reshuffled cabinet of 27 announced on Monday. Finance minister Abdirahman Duale Bayle Bayle, who has held the position since 2017, has been instrumental in steering the Horn of Africa nation closer to securing debt relief from institutions including the World Bank, African Development Bank and the Paris Club of creditor nations, which cancelled $1.4 billion in March. Roble's office said in a statement he had also retained Ahmed Ise Awad as foreign affairs minister and Health Minister Fawzia Abikar Nur. Roble, appointed in late September, replaced…
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