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Somalia: Averting a Descent into Political Violence
Tensions are running high following the Somali parliament’s decision to extend the incumbent president’s mandate by two years.
External partners should urgently convene – and mediate – talks among the country’s bitterly divided elites, to prevent its worst political crisis in years from escalating.
- ICG
Somalia’s long-running political crisis has entered a new, dangerous phase.
In a hastily convened session on 12 April, members of parliament overwhelmingly endorsed a bill that would delay elections by two years, in effect extending the term in office of President…
The move is an alarming escalation of a…