Federal-style state module revisited as Somalia votes

Foreign mission representatives and Somali state officials

Foreign mission representatives and Somali state officials attend the National Election Advisory Summit in Mogadishu on May 27, 2021. PHOTO | ANADOLU AGENCY via AFP

As Somalia prepares for parliamentary and presidential elections, federalism remains unresolved.

The federal system was adopted in 2004 under the Transitional Federal Charter, but the central government and the federal member states are yet to agree on fiscal resource sharing.