The United Nations and the AU top leaders have called upon Somali leaders to go back to the table in search of an agreement over elections. On Tuesday, both UN secretary general Antonio Guterres and African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson Moussa Faki commended the people and leaders of Somalia for progress achieved in recent years towards the stabilisation of the country. Guterres and Faki reiterated their commitment to continue to support the government and people of Somalia on their path to peace and prosperity. In 2017, Somalia's MPs elected Mohamed Farmajo - a Somali-US national - as the country's new president in a vote held in an aircraft hangar. The vote was held at the heavily guarded airport complex in the capital, Mogadishu, as the rest of the country was too dangerous.

Source: The Star February 16, 2021 16:18 UTC