Somalia's Supreme court rejects President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term extension

BBC News · Wycliffe Muia · 2026-11-06 08:04 UTC

The country's first nationwide elections since 1969 are due next year - a timetable now thrown into doubt.

Somalia's top court rejects president's term extension amid political crisis

Somalia's Supreme Court has ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unlawfully extended his term, escalating a political crisis and a standoff between the presidency and judiciary.

Thursday's ruling came a day after Mohamud dismissed Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed - a move which the court said the president lacked the authority to take.

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