Somalia fails to meet election deadline as Farmaajo, PM spar

Somali’s President Mohamed Farmaajo.

Somali’s President Mohamed Farmaajo. PHOTO | FILE

Somalia has failed to meet its self-imposed electoral deadline even as international allies reprimanded President Mohamed Farmaajo for ‘overstepping’ his mandate on polls.

And hours after his December 27 suspension of powers of Prime Minister Hussein Roble, the US and partners scrambled to prevent what they saw as a coup attempt to spoil the run for elections that have been held late, but were starting to pick up.