Friday, May 28, 2021

Agreement on Somali Elections Forestalls Return to Violence

 The Washington Post published on 27 May 2021 an article titled "Somalia Averts Crisis as Leaders Agree to Hold Delayed Elections within Months" by Max Bearak.

Somali political leaders have agreed on a plan for parliamentary elections to begin within 60 days followed by selection of a president.  This heads off a political crisis that threatened to return Somalia to violence.