Somalia holds emergency talks over election crisis
Somalia has opened urgent talks with regional authorities to avoid a constitutional crisis. The Horn of Africa nation looks certain to miss a February 8 deadline to elect a new president.
The mandate of Somalia’s federal parliament expired in December 2020
Somalia’s president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed, has convened an urgent 3-day meeting with federal state leaders.
The conference in Dusamareb, some 400 km (250 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, is an attempt to break an election deadlock and avoid a constitutional crisis.
The mandate of President Mohamed Abdullahi, commonly known as Farmajo, expires on February 8.
Somalia holds emergency talks over election crisis
Somalia has opened urgent talks with regional authorities to avoid a constitutional crisis. The Horn of Africa nation looks certain to miss a February 8 deadline to elect a new president.
The mandate of Somalia s federal parliament expired in December 2020
Somalia s president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohammed, has convened an urgent 3-day meeting with federal state leaders.
The conference in Dusamareb, some 400 km (250 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, is an attempt to break an election deadlock and avoid a constitutional crisis.
The mandate of President Mohamed Abdullahi, commonly known as Farmajo, expires on February 8.
Somalia s president is elected by the country s lawmakers made up of 275 members of parliament and 54 senators. But Somalia has failed to hold the necessary ballot to chose new lawmakers, so no new president can be elected.