Which way for Farmaajo? Somalia at crossroads as opposition withdraws recognition

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo.

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. PHOTO | AFP

Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo could be facing the most challenging time of his presidential career, exactly four years since he was elected the ninth head of the Horn of Africa country.

Having failed to organise elections, and with no deal in sight on when polls can be conducted, Farmaajo will, after February 8, be legally in office only based on a legal motion endorsed by the Federal Parliament in September last year. The motion said all incumbents leave office once new ones are elected and sworn in. It didn’t give timelines though.