Police disperse protesters demanding government find soldiers who reportedly fought against Tigray rebels Magdalene Mukami | 20.01.2021
MOGADISHU, Somalia
Hundreds of Somali parents, whose sons and daughters have been missing since going to Eritrea for military training, took to the streets of north-central Galkayo city on Wednesday, demanding that the government find their children.
The parents said they have been unable to contact their children and their whereabouts remain unknown since clashes between rebel forces and the Ethiopian military started in the northern Tigray region toward the end of 2020.
The situation was further complicated after Abdisalan Yusuf Guled, the former deputy spy chief of Somalia s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), claimed that over 370 Somali soldiers died in the Tigray conflict.
Emergency talks between Somalia's divided political leaders have ended without agreement on how to proceed with elections, a government minister has announced just days before the president's mandate
Somalia leaders fail to reach deal on elections - Govt
Saturday February 06 2021
Summary
Somalia had set itself the goal of holding its first one-person, one-vote ballot since 1969, a pursuit described by the UN as a historic milestone on the country s path to full democratisation and peace after decades of war and violent instability.
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Emergency talks between Somalia s divided political leaders have ended without agreement on how to proceed with elections, a government minister has announced just days before the president s mandate expires.
Somalia is likely to miss a February 8 deadline to choose a new president after days of negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed Friday without resolution over the disputed electoral process.
Somalia leaders fail to reach deal on elections: govt
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06/02/2021 - 09:38 2 min
Mogadishu (AFP)
Emergency talks between Somalia s divided political leaders have ended without agreement on how to proceed with elections, a government minister has announced just days before the president s mandate expires.
Somalia is likely to miss a February 8 deadline to choose a new president after days of negotiations between the central government and federal states collapsed Friday without resolution over the disputed electoral process.
The impasse threatens a constitutional crisis in the fragile Horn of Africa nation that is already confronting a violent Islamist insurgency, a locust invasion and serious food shortages.