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EDITORIAL | Somalia's outgoing federal government officials must satisfactorily clarify the security incident in which a convoy of former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was shot in Mogadishu. On Wednesday afternoon, the Custodial Corps, Somalia's prison guards, saw shooting at Mrs Mohamud's entourage. His allies have claimed it was an assassination attempt. But whether we agree with that etiquette or not, it is something that the federal government should investigate and provide adequate information not only to Mr…

EDITORIAL | It is not every day that Somalis have emerged from smiles. That is why the whole country is celebrating the success of Prime Minister Hussein Roble's marathon talks with federal presidents, which led to an agreement on Thursday. Somalis have been so tired of the constant wrestling that a political agreement announced on Thursday looked like a monkey pulling our backs. It has taken more than eight months to try and fail. At one point, the stakeholders dug into each other's heels and accused each other of having…

EDITORIAL: Somalia has one final probability to right its destiny EDITORIAL | Somalia's Prime Minister Hussein Roble has most likely imagined going by way of the nation's election cycle rapidly. He most likely didn't know that grandstanding would draw his power to date. Or he didn't anticipate it in any respect. On Thursday, Roble, an skilled technocrat, will meet the nation's politicians once…

EDITORIAL: Farmajo's rejection of AU mediation in Somalia is conceited EDITORIAL | Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said that the brand new Particular Envoy for Somalia, Ghana's former President John Mahama, is not going to be put in because the Excessive Consultant of the African Union for Somalia. And the federal authorities claims that his announcement…

EDITORIAL: Why Qatar's timing for mediation in Somalia is suspicious EDITORIAL: The Qatari authorities has despatched considered one of its well-known sons to assist Somalis agree on a political resolution. It seems good from the beginning, however the timing raises questions. Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed al-Qahtani, a particular envoy for Qatar's overseas minister, is a veterans diplomat.…

EDITORIAL | Outgoing President Mohamed Farmaajo was preventing for his face this week when one thing else affecting Somalis occurred: neighboring Kenya threatened to shut the Dadaab refugee camp. House to greater than 174,000 Somalis, this momentary shelter has been in existence for 30 years. And it has grow to be a scapegoat for Kenya's safety issues, particularly within the struggle towards al-Shabaab. After intense negotiations with the UN refugee company, Kenya agreed to postpone the closure till subsequent 12…

EDITORIAL | President Mohamed Farmaajo has lastly withdrawn from his controversial two-year extension. Nonetheless you could not have a very good time however. He instructed the viewers in a late-night speech that he returned to the desk to barter an settlement on indirect elections, which he erroneously argued he in any respect occasions wished. Then he talked about that there should be no preconditions for the talks. Farmaajo, whose time interval expired on February 8, is conscious of that one amongst the conditions…

EDITORIAL | Somalia's Mohamed Farmaajo, whose term expired on February 8, continues to ignore the scriptures on the wall. And as things go, there may be a small window left to save both his career and Somalia's fate. On Tuesday, the latest ominous sign came from a grouping of Hawiye clan members and professionals. Gathered in Mogadishu, they withdrew support for Farmaajo, expressing outrage at his decision to give his assent to parliament's concept of extension. A vote came from 400 delegates from Mogadishu's most…

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…

EDITORIAL | But this should never have surprised anyone. From the start, it always looked like a dance of grasshoppers being forced by an attentive crow. Now the biggest question must be whether outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whose term expired in February, has a bit of legitimacy and confidence left to save the boat. When these meetings began, this platform was categorical, that all solutions found in this dialogue should be the result of free exchange of views. We warned that any presumed misleading…