Dialogue or Delay? The President’s Call and the Politics of Stalling

Dialogue or Delay? The President’s Call and the Politics of Stalling

Mogadishu – (WDN)–The latest call for national dialogue by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is being received not as a breakthrough, but as a calculated delay tactic, an attempt, to buy time as political pressure mounts and the end of his mandate approaches. On paper, the invitation to a May 10 consultative meeting signals openness. In reality, it follows a week of failed engagements that have only hardened positions. Traditional elders held thre…

Somali Opposition Says President’s Mandate Ends May 15 Without Elections – Somali Dispatch

MOGADISHU (SD)— Opposition leaders in Somalia say President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will lose legal authority after May 15, 2026, if national elections are not held or a constitutional alternative is not agreed upon. In a series of statements, opposition politicians argued that the president’s constitutional term expires on that date. Without a completed electoral process or a legally sanctioned extension, they said, the head of state would no lon…