Somalia faces another electoral impasse

[Deeq A.]

Despite a recent consensus deal on the conduct of national elections, implementation disputes have produced a standoff.

Somalia has missed the initial December 1 deadline to launch national elections amid continued disagreements between President Mohamed Abdullahi ‘Farmajo’ and his political opponents. Opposition leaders are refusing to participate in the polls unless newly constituted electoral committees are reformed to eliminate bias towards Farmajo, among other things. Read more here

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