Why Jubbaland leader Madobe is facing treason charges

Jubbaland State President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. 

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Jubbaland leader Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe may have won a third term in office, bulldozing his candidature against the will of the federal government of Somalia. 

But the authorities are now resorting to the courts to tame what they think is his overreach. On Wednesday, Somali prosecutors formally charged Madobe with treason, making him the first-ever elected leader to be treated with this suspicion.