Farmaajo to extend his Presidential term for two years amid growing concerns of arms deal with Qatar
Last year in May, there were reports in the media of Somaliland that the President of Somalia Mohamed Farmaajo will be delaying the election in 2021 and rather go ahead with extending his term as the President of the country for two more years. This is merely the last concern for the Somali people as the persisting problem of weapon use in the country still haunts the civilians. Earlier the Somali government briefed the press about the prevention of weapons crossing the Somalian border by international agencies or parties. This information should have provided some relief to the people but on the contrary, the opposition parties fear that it is the government who might have seized the weapons. After this information was revealed, the opposition accused the Farmaajo government of hiding weapons which were purchased illegally. A media reports also claimed that a committee of the United Nations sent a letter to Somalia to probe the matter and the imposition of an arms embargo on...