### [2026-05-10](/feed/2026/05/10/index.md)

##### Constitutional crisis in Somalia
# One civilian killed and another injured after Somali armed forces opened gunfire to disperse an opposition‑led protest in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, this tensions comes after just days before President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s term begins to end. 




### Sources:

1. [Africa News](http://www.africanews.com/2026/05/11/somali-security-forces-open-fire-on-protesters-in-mogadishu-killing-one/)

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