Somalia: fears of a collapse
Audio 19:30
Armed forces supporting Sadaq Omar Hassan in Mogadishu © REUTERS - FEISAL OMAR
By: Romain Auzouy
21 mins
Tensions remain very high in the capital Mogadishu, three days after an exchange of fire between government and pro-opposition forces that left three dead.
Violence of a political nature which has not been observed for several years in Somalia.
Because what caused the escalation is the two-year extension of the mandate of President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmajo", while it expired in February 2021.
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Why were the planned elections canceled?
Why is the risk of conflagration important in a country already heavily affected by civil war?
What solutions for a kind of crisis?
With
Robert Kluijver
, doctoral student in International Relations at CERI.
Specialist in Somalia and the countries of the Horn of Africa, whose analyzes are available on his
site
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