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- Somalia’s international partners expressed the view that President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble should continue to engage in mediated efforts to iron out their differences
- The relations between the two had become acrimonious after their exchange of statements on 16 September 2021 It is over two weeks since the mediation efforts were launched. The stalemate is leading to political uncertainty, putting a question mark on the electoral process.
Somalia’s international partners expressed the view that President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble should continue to engage in mediated efforts to iron out their differences. The relations between the two had become acrimonious after their exchange of statements on 16 September 2021.
The international leaders who took the initiative to resolve the issue through consultations are concerned that the core issues remain unaddressed. It is over two weeks since the mediation efforts were launched. The stalemate is leading to political uncertainty, putting a question mark on the electoral process. The prevailing confusion over the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Security (MoIS) and National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), do not augur well for the East African country to maintain the security situation in the country.
International partners called upon the President and Prime Minister to reach an agreement at the earliest to maintain focus on the implementation of the 17 September 2020 and 27 May 2021 electoral agreements and to ensure that key security institutions (MoIS and NISA) are working impartially for conducting free and fair elections. They wanted these institutions are headed by able and respected leaders, especially during the electoral period.
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), consist of countries like Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, Germany, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ireland, Italy, Kenya, League of Arab States, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the United Nations.
