Clashes reported in Mogadishu over tense election fiasco
Monday April 26 2021
Summary
The Lower House of Parliament extended their term and that of President Farmaajo by “not more than two years” according to a motion passed then.
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Authorities in Mogadishu have remained mum even as opposition leaders claimed government forces were unleashed on them on Sunday afternoon.
Former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud claimed he had been attacked by “Farmaajo’s army”, just hours after Somali media outlets reported that ‘mutineers’ in the Somali National Army had taken control of various roads in the capital as they battled government forces and intelligence agents.
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