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President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo when they met in Nairobi to discuss the maritime boundary dispute.[Courtesy]
Somalia has restored diplomatic ties with Kenya amid maritime boundary row and pledged respect for sovereignty.
President Mohamed Farmaajo spokesperson Abdirashid Hashi on May 6, said the latest move is in the interest of the two countries and based on mutual benefit and respect.
“In the interest of good neighbourliness, Federal Government of Somalia resumes Diplomatic ties with Kenya based on mutual benefit and respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, non-external interference, peaceful co-existence and equality,” he said.
The East African
Tuesday April 27 2021
Somali military forces supporting anti-government opposition leaders in Mogadishu on April 25, 2021. Somalia, recovering from decades of civil war, is facing its worst political crisis in recent years after the failure to hold planned elections in February. PHOTO | AFP
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Following clashes on Sunday in the capital Mogadishu, pitting clan militia groups against soldiers of the federal government, opposition groups under the Council of Presidential candidates were meeting with Western donors, ostensibly to raise complaints against the government.
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Somalia’s key opposition figures were on Monday afternoon holed up in a meeting with the country’s donors even as reports indicated fractures within the national army.
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GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Local, continental and global rejection of Mohamed Farmaajo’s bid to cling to power has left him a lone sailor on a rickety boat headed nowhere safe for a frail army of social media cheerleaders and Villa Somalia henchmen.
Virtually all donors whom the Federal Government handed the burden of financing 61% of this year’s national budget are up in arms in vehemently rejecting Farmaajo’s continued stay in office and called for ‘urgent’ return to talks.
Even the few lobbyists who propped the Farmaajo presidency from Nairobi have gone quiet or toned down their rhetoric as if reading the glaring signs on the wall. It is difficult to imagine that Farmaajo, whose election in February 2017 was greeted with hope and triumph is now a lonely isolated man chasing shadows for an iota of acceptance.
2021-04-22 15:56:04 GMT2021-04-22 23:56:04(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MOGADISHU, April 22 (Xinhua) Somalia on Thursday welcomed an African Union (AU) initiative to facilitate constructive dialogue between warring political leaders that will culminate in holding free, fair and transparent polls in the country in accordance with the constitution.
Osman Dubbe, Somali information minister lauded efforts of the AU Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) which met on Thursday to discuss how best the pan African body can support Somalis to break the political stalemate to pave way for elections.
Dubbe however accused Kenya and Djibouti of engaging in a campaign to derail the political process in Somalia by trying to influence the outcome of the Thursday meeting.