(Fixes typo in slug) By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An alliance of Somali opposition parties proposed the creation of a national council .
Somalia s opposition cease recognising president as election row escalates
FILE PHOTO: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, President of Somalia, attends the London Somalia Conference at Lancaster House, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jack Hill/Pool/File Photo reuters tickers
This content was published on February 8, 2021 - 08:50
February 8, 2021 - 08:50
By Abdi Sheikh
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An alliance of Somali opposition parties proposed the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and civil society to govern the war-ravaged Horn of Africa nation after the president s term expired on Monday with no clear plan for succession.
The power vacuum and divisions between political leaders was a boost to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgency, a Somali security analyst warned, citing a spate of recent attacks in a relatively peaceful part of the country.
By Abdi Sheikh and Abdiqani Hassan
MOGADISHU, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Somalia is unlikely to hold its indirect election for a new president on Monday as planned, provincial officials say, despite last-minute talks between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his opponents to arrange the vote.
The country, which has had only limited central government since 1991, is trying to reconstruct itself with the help of the United Nations. It had initially intended to hold its first direct election in more than three decades this year and score a rare victory against chronic instability.
Delays in preparations, and the government s inability to rein in daily attacks by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab insurgents, meant Somalia settled instead for plans for an indirect vote, with elders picking lawmakers who would choose a president.
Nine killed in hotel attack in Somali capital - police
Paramedics at the Madina hospital push a gurney with a civilian injured in a car bomb explosion in the Kilometre 4 area of Mogadishu, Somalia January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Feisal Omar reuters tickers
This content was published on February 1, 2021 - 10:24
February 1, 2021 - 10:24
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Nine people died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, a police spokesman said.
A suicide car bombing on Sunday evening was followed by a shootout between al Shabaab militants and security forces at the Hotel Afrik.
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Nine people died after al Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgents stormed a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu, battling security forces until the early hours of Monday, a police spokesman said.