8 April 2021, 3:30 PM | SABC | @SABCNews
Image: ReutersCritics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
Contentious issues include the formation of the electoral commission, the selection of commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland, and the crisis in the Somalia-Kenya border region of Gedo.
Critics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
“The first thing to say is that there is huge disappointment all across Somalia because of the collapse of the talks, but I think clearly anybody (who) has been following this crisis for some time would probably not be surprised by this turn of events. The writing was on the wall and it was clearly these talks were headed nowhere,” says Horn of Africa researcher at the International Crisis G
8 April 2021, 3:30 PM | SABC | @SABCNews
Image: ReutersCritics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
Contentious issues include the formation of the electoral commission, the selection of commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland, and the crisis in the Somalia-Kenya border region of Gedo.
Critics have accused Farmaajo, who is seeking a second term, of delaying the election to extend his current mandate.
“The first thing to say is that there is huge disappointment all across Somalia because of the collapse of the talks, but I think clearly anybody (who) has been following this crisis for some time would probably not be surprised by this turn of events. The writing was on the wall and it was clearly these talks were headed nowhere,” says Horn of Africa researcher at the International Crisis G
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Another round of talks to resolve Somalia’s election deadlock ended without a deal in Mogadishu Wednesday. Somali Information Minister Osman Dubbe blamed leaders of Puntland and Jubbaland regional governments for the failure of the talks. “The Federal government of Somalia is making clear to Somali people that the leaders of Somalia’s regional States Puntland and Jubbaland are not willing to hold elections in this country based on the Sept. 17th agreement and the Feb. 16th agreement,” Dubbe said at a press conference. The negotiations collapsed as the international community pressed Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo and leaders of federal states to reach a deal. Contentious issues include the formation of the electoral commission, the selection of commission members for the breakaway region of Somaliland
Another round of talks to resolve Somalia’s election deadlock ended without a deal in Mogadishu Wednesday.
Somali Information Minister Osman Dubbe blamed leaders of Puntland and Jubbaland regional governments for the failure of the talks.
“The Federal government of Somalia is making clear to Somali people that the leaders of Somalia’s regional States Puntland and Jubbaland are not willing to hold elections in this country based on the Sept. 17th agreement and the Feb. 16th agreement,” Dubbe said at a press conference.
The negotiations collapsed as the international community pressed Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo and leaders of federal states to reach a deal.