Somalia: President Farmajo’s term extended by two years

Somalia’s lower house of parliament has voted to extend President Farmajo’s term for another two years, despite his mandate expiring in February. There has been political turmoil in the country, with no agreement reached over the holding of elections which should have taken place last December. Mogadishu’s police chief Saadaq Omar Hassan has also been sacked, after he unsuccessfully tried to have parliament suspended.

Plus, the presidents of Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement to begin construction of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline.

And Africa’s Muslims again prepare to observe Ramadan in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Photo: Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo; Credit: Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)