Talks Fail to End Somali Electoral Impasse zimbabwestar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from zimbabwestar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Dahir A. Issa
Opinion
In 2016, when Puntland agreed to the electoral model after initially rejecting it on grounds that one person, one vote elections outlined at the end of the transition agreement had been jettisoned, Michael Keating, the former UN Representative in Somalia, urged political leaders to start preparations for one, person elections “now”.
In 2017 the former Speaker of the Somali Parliament Mohamed Jawari held a meeting with a committee tasked with preparing Somalia for 2021 elections. “We have to be honest with our people and make it clear now if we are unable to hold one person, one vote elections. This clarity will spare the nation political uncertainty and disagreements over elections” said Jawari.
Somalia: Roadside bombing kills at least 13 after presidential talks break down
The attack took place shortly after negotiators failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president. Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab took responsibility for the attack near the town of Dhusamareeb.
Somali soldiers walk at Sanguuni military base, about 450 kilometers south of Mogadishu
At least 13 members of Somalia s security forces were killed on Sunday in a roadside bombing attack, shortly after emergency talks between Somalia s politicians failed to end a stalemate over how to select a new president.
The bomb hit a convoy belonging to regional intelligence units of the Galmudug state, senior military official General Masud Mohamud said. The convoy had been traveling near the town of Dhusamareeb, which had hosted talks over Somalia s delayed election.
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A meeting on Somalia’s troubled election has ended in failure as the federal government and regional states could not reach agreeme.
The attack took place shortly after negotiators failed to end a stalemate over the selection of a new president. Islamist terror group Al-Shabaab took responsibility for the attack near the town of Dhusamareeb.