AU mission roped into Farmaajo, Roble tiff over election security

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hussein Roble.

Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hussein Roble. PHOTO | FILE

Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hussein Roble have disagreed on which agency should be given the primary role of managing security in the ongoing elections in Mogadishu.

In a statement on Tuesday, Mr Roble had directed that the AU Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) be directly charged with managing security for MPs, following two attempts to disrupt the voting earlier in the day.