Somali lawmaker warns President Mohamud over Galmudug election tensions
Thursday May 28, 2026
Mogadishu (AX) — Saadiq Omar Hassan Joon, a Somali lawmaker and former Banadir police chief, has cautioned President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud against meddling in the coming election in Galmudug, as political tensions sharpen in Dhusamareb.
Writing on Facebook on Wednesday, Saadiq Joon linked peace in Dhusamareb, the Galmudug capital, with calm in Mogadishu’s Wardhigley district, home to the presidential palace.
“Oday Hassan, the peace in Dhusamareb and the peace in Wardhigley are interconnected, you…