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Somalia s newly-elected President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo addresses lawmakers after winning the vote at the airport in Somalia s capital Mogadishu, on February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Supporters of Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and those opposed to the extension of his four-year term clashed on Sunday on the streets of the capital, residents said.
The president signed a law in mid-April extending his mandate for two years, stoking opposition inside Somalia and putting him on a collision course with Western and other donors opposed to the move. [nL1N2M70EX
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Demonstrators from Somali anti-government opposition groups protest in the Fagah area of Mogadishu, Somalia Sunday, April 25, 2021. Gunfire was exchanged Sunday between government forces loyal to President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who signed into law on April 14 a two year extension of his mandate and that of his government, and other sections of the military opposed to the move and sympathetic to former presidents Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) April 25, 2021 - 12:37 PM
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Gunfire erupted in Somaliaâs capital on Sunday between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry at the countryâs leader as tensions spiked over President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamedâs extended stay in power.