Somali leaders vow to hold elections

Three top Somalia leaders—Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre, Somalia’s ambassador to the UN Abubakar Dahir Osman and the Speaker of the Senate, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi—have promised that the country will hold its first universal suffrage elections since 1969, despite current challenges suggesting the contrary.

Parliament was set to meet on June 6 to review the election timetable.