AU backs new Somali electoral deal as debate splits opposition group 

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.

Photo credit: Reuters

Somalia’s key opposition figures have differed sharply on the future and mode of the country’s elections, with some endorsing a deal with the federal government to adopt a parliamentary system.

And the deal was backed by regional blocs—the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) and the African Union.