Somali president in poll U-turn to stop Mogadishu clashes
President Farmajo's mandate expired in February and anger over the failure to hold elections has turned violent/ Somalia's president has moved to ease tensions in the capital, Mogadishu, by calling for fresh presidential polls. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, has said he will no longer seek a two-year extension to his term in office. He had controversially approved the move last week after disagreements over how to hold elections. But it provoked three days of clashes in Mogadishu between rival factions of ...
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