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Following the failure of the election negotiations and the two-year extension of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's mandate, Farmajo says, the opposition is raising the tone. The presidential candidate coalition has called on its supporters to reject what they call a "threat to peace and stability" and to challenge President Farmajo. The 14 presidential candidates have all suspended their election campaigns in retaliation for extension of the Head of State's mandate, which sparked an international outcry this week.…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's foreign minister, Minister Balal Cusman Balal Osman, was left with an egg in his face on Thursday after presenting the wrong flag when he hosted Russian diplomat Mikhail Golovanov in Mogadishu. Instead of placing the Russian miniature flag in front of the visiting ambassador, Mr Ottoman's team placed the Dutch flag upside down. It may have been a mistake . But it may well be a depiction of President Mohamed Farmajoo's government and the way it treats its image. Mr. Golovanov's visit was supposed…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The United States has moved from soft language to threatening in statements to the leaders of the war-torn Horn of Africa. Since the country entered the election period, the United States has stepped up pressure on the leaders of federal states in Somalia amid a growing electoral path in the country. On Sunday, the U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu posted a statement on its Twitter handle that gave the deadlines after ordering federal leaders to stay in the city until the dispute is resolved. "Mistakes…

Five days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that the federal army had taken over the city of Mekele, a stronghold of the Tigray People's Liberation Party, fighting is continuing in some areas of the region, the UN Office regrets. united. In recent days, a humanitarian corridor should have been created, but NGOs have still not been able to access the country. Meanwhile, refugees continue to…

After violent outbursts on the sidelines of demonstrations against police brutality and for good governance that have been going on for more than ten days, the Nigerian authorities in particular have issued a curfew in Lagos, a megalopolis of 20 million inhabitants. as reported from Abuja, Liza FabbianThe situation remains…