In a press statement released Friday night, the 15 members of the council commended the country’s leaders for putting first “Somalia’s stability, security and development, and the best interests of the Somali people”.
Political leaders in Somalia agreed Thursday on a framework for long-delayed national elections, hoping to avert a crisis that could push the fragile Horn of Africa country into political violence. The agreement signed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and the leaders of five regional states laid out a path to parliamentary elections to begin…
Friday, 28 May, 2021 - 05:45
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Somalia s government announced on Thursday that delayed elections would be held within 60 days, following months of deadlock over the vote that erupted into violence in the troubled country.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and state leaders had been unable to agree on the terms of a vote before his term lapsed in February, triggering an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
The political impasse exploded into violence in April when negotiations collapsed and the lower house of parliament extended the president s mandate by two years, sparking gun battles on the streets of Mogadishu.
Somalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and regional state presidents have signed an agreement to allow elections to take place after an impasse that had held them up for months, the state-run broadcaster said on Twitter. Clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December, who in turn were due to elect a new president on February 8. Both procedures failed to take place, amid disputes over a number of issues including the composition of an election commission which would supervise the voting.
Somali leaders agree to hold elections in 60 days
Prime minister, 5 regional leaders, mayor of Mogadishu sign election deal after lengthy talks H. J. I. / AA
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Somali leaders agree to hold elections in 60 days
In a statement, the leaders announced they resolved the contentious issues surrounding the delayed elections
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Political leaders in Somalia Thursday agreed to hold free, fair and inclusive elections within 60 days, ending a long-running political stalemate in the Horn of Africa country.
Following four-day negotiations in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, five regional leaders and the mayor of Mogadishu signed an election agreement.