The World Bank has reportedly declined a financial request submitted by the Federal Government of Somalia, in what sources describe as a significant setback for Mogadishu’s efforts to secure fresh international support. The reported development follows meetings in the United States between a Somali delegation led by Finance Minister Bihi Iman Egeh and senior officials...
Somalia’s 11th Federal Parliament has formally reached the end of its four-year mandate today, a development that has intensified an already sharp political and constitutional dispute over the legitimacy of the country’s federal institutions. Members of both chambers of the Federal Parliament were sworn in on 14 April 2022, meaning their constitutional term expired on...