Abdi Aynte

🇸🇴 | Navigating Somalia through its electoral impasse This week, Professor @lhammondsoas chaired a roundtable meeting where panellists – Abdirahman @Aynte, Dr Surer Mohamed and @Aweis_ahmedsom analysed the #Somalia’s political landscape, domestic and regional implications of potential instability, and possible ways forward for achieving an agreed political framework.

From Chatham House, London H.E.@Aynte , Chairman of Xaqsoor Party, today highlighted growing tensions between Somalia’s Federal Government (FGS) and opposition groups over upcoming elections and constitutional reforms — raising serious risks of instability and conflict. Key points shared: 🔹 Revisions to the 2012 provisional constitution remain deeply contested, particularly over universal suffrage and power-sharing arrangements between federal and regional authorities. Jubaland and Puntland have each suspended cooperation with the FGS at different points. 🔹 The new non agreed constitution, signed into law in March 2026, establishes five-year terms and extends the incumbent President mandate by one year although the President himself sweared numerous times that he will seek extension. 🔹 Opposition alliance Somali Future Council maintains the presidential term expired on 15 May, warning it may establish a parallel administration if no agreement is reached on elections or constitutional matters. 🔹 H.E. Aynte also raised serious concerns over ongoing land grabs and the arrest of activists across the capital. #Somalia #ChathamHouse #PoliticalUpdate #ConstitutionalReform #Elections2026

Somalia cannot be held hostage by those who fear the ballot box. facebook.com/share/r/1K37Qx… Not by manufactured chaos. Not by political pressure dressed up as constitutional concern. Not by the threat of crisis engineered to make democracy look harder than it is. The citizens queuing in Bardale didn’t wait for perfect conditions. They showed up anyway. The rest of Somalia deserves the same chance. Direct elections. Peaceful competition. The right of every Somali to choose their own leaders.

Today, former PM @MohamedHRoble and I, together with other colleagues, have been blocked by security forces to go to the site of the planned peaceful demonstrations. This cowardly act has only strengthened our resolve to stop the industrial scale land grabbing and mass displacement of the poorest residents of #Mogadishu by President @HassanSMohamud’s administration. We will continue to protest until the mandate of his kleptocratic regime ends on 15 May. #Somalia

Somalia is witnessing two very different political realities. In South West State, the public mood is one of electioneering, competition, and democratic enthusiasm. For the first time, communities are seeing the promise of one person, one vote move from slogan to practice. Candidates are campaigning, citizens are engaging, and politics is being taken back to the people. facebook.com/share/v/1KZYP7… facebook.com/share/r/1AidgX… facebook.com/share/r/1Q4Snz… facebook.com/share/r/18YWPh… In Mogadishu, however, parts of the opposition appear determined to manufacture chaos in order to force the country backward into indirect elections. That is the real contrast: one side is mobilizing voters; the other is mobilizing disruption. One side is preparing for public choice; the other is trying to preserve elite selection. facebook.com/share/v/1L9fJS… facebook.com/share/v/18mqnT… Somalia cannot be held hostage by those who fear the ballot box. The way forward is not confusion, pressure, or political blackmail. The way forward is direct elections, peaceful competition, and the right of every Somali citizen to choose their leaders.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐚: 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐢 𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲? Ilaa hadda waxaa Geedfadhi ku kulannay 12 siyaasi oo firfircoon, kuwaas oo si maalinle ah siyaasadda ugu shaqeeya. Waxay kala ahaayeen; 7 Wasiir, 8 Xildhibaan, hal sharci-yaqaan, 2 Taliye iyo 2 Madaxweyne Dowlad-goboleed. 20 saacadood ka badan ayaa la fadhiyay oo waraysi ah iyo in ka badan 25 saacadood oo ka hor waraysiga ah; waa waqti 3 maalin ah oo aan la qaatay. Waqtiga iyo siyaasiyiintuba waa tiro ku filan in muunad ahaan loogu qaato siyaasiga Soomaaliga ah. Ka hor inta aanan bilaabin wadasheekaysiga, waxaan lahaa ogaal siyaasadeed oo ku saabsan shaqsiyaadkan, waxaana haystay dabeecad ay dadku ku asteeyeen, hase ahaatee siyaasiga waraysiyada kaddib iyo wixii aan haystay aad ayay u kala duwanaadeen. Aan shan tusaale idiin soo qaato. ➡️ somalistream.com/som/2026/05/07…

This video captures the scale of the looting of public lands in #Mogadishu and the systemic displacement of tens of thousands of people along the way. Most of the displaced are army veterans, current security forces and some of the poorest in the city. This will define the dark legacy of president @HassanSMohamud whose 4-year-mandate is expiring on 15 May 2026 #Somalia

This video captures the scale of the looting of public lands in #Mogadishu and the systemic displacement of tens of thousands of people along the way. Most of the displaced are army veterans, current security forces and some of the poorest in the city. This will define the dark legacy of president @HassanSMohamud whose 4-year-mandate is expiring on 15 May 2026 #Somalia

This video captures the scale of the looting of public lands in #Mogadishu and the systemic displacement of tens of thousands of people along the way. Most of the displaced are army veterans, current security forces and some of the poorest in the city. This will define the dark legacy of president @HassanSMohamud whose 4-year-mandate is expiring on 15 May 2026 #Somalia