In Somalia, a month in politics can be a very long time. By the end of May, political rivals were at each other's throats. The issue was that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term had ended. Was he still in office illegally?
His opponents said yes. However, his office claimed that Somalia had recently amended the constitution to extend his term by a year. At one point, militias aligned with opposition groups threatened to clash with the police and turn Mogadishu into a battlefield.
