Somalia legislators vote by raising their hands to cancel a divisive two-year presidential term extension, inside the lower house of Parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia May 1, 2021. A rift between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, whose bid to extend his presidency was thwarted by parliament last year, and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has divided security services. That has distracted from the fight against al Shabaab and triggered gun battles between factions. Ahmed, a former Islamist, took over as head of a Western-backed transitional government in 2009, establishing the national army and helping push al Shabaab out of Mogadishu. The government cannot fund its budget or pay its soldiers without external support and Somalia is undergoing the worst drought in 40 years.

Source: Daily Nation May 15, 2022 07:18 UTC