Somalia polls drag on as March 15 deadline looms

Somalia’s MPs attend a special assembly in Mogadishu regarding presidential elections.

Somalia’s MPs attend a special assembly in Mogadishu regarding presidential elections. The country is set to elect its president after closure of parliamentary polls. PHOTO | AFP

Somalia’s parliamentary elections are still dragging on, a few days to the deadline of March 15.

Constituencies like Garbaharey in Gedo, Jubbaland are nowhere near being done as a dispute resolution team has been racing against time this week to reach a deal on the actual venue of the poll.