### [2026-05-15](/feed/2026/05/15/index.md)

##### Constitutional crisis in Somalia
# A third day of talks mediated by the UK and US between the Somali federal government and the opposition Somali Future Council are collapsing over their legal future and the electoral process after Hassan Sheikh Mohamud broke his constitutional presidential term limit. His four-year constitutional term is formally expiring on 15 May, but it is ending with no plan for an upcoming election. 




### Sources:

1. [Addis Standard](https://addisstandard.com/somalia-government-opposition-hold-talks-amid-deepening-constitutional-crisis/)
2. [Garowe Online](https://garoweonline.com/en/news/somalia/collapse-of-halane-talks-pushes-somalia-into-a-new-political-crisis-over-elections)
3. [Horseed Media](https://horseedmedia.net/somalia-talks-end-without-breakthrough-as-election-dispute-deepens/421688/)

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1. [United Kingdom and United States-mediated talks in Mogadishu, Somalia, between president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the opposition led by regional president Said Abdullahi Deni have broken down without an agreement. The deadlock centres on bitter disputes over the country's upcoming electoral framework, technical delays, and regional vote-rigging accusations in South West State of Somalia. ](/feed/2026/05/13/united-kingdom-and-united-states-mediated-talks-in-mogadishu-somalia-between-president-hassan-sheikh-mohamud-and-the-o.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud_
2. [One civilian killed and another injured after Somali armed forces opened gunfire to disperse an opposition‑led protest in Mogadishu, days before president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term ends. ](/feed/2026/05/10/one-civilian-killed-and-another-injured-after-somali-armed-forces-opened-gunfire-to-disperse-an-opposition-led-protest-i.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud_
3. [At least 10 people are killed, 25 others are injured and more than 45,000 displaced after Somalia's national army ​took control of Baidoa, the capital city of the South West state, two weeks after the state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen said that his administration was severing ties with the federal government and opposed constitutional amendments backed by the Somali federal government. ](/feed/2026/03/30/at-least-10-people-are-killed-25-others-are-injured-and-more-than-45000-displaced-after-somalia-s-national-army-took.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Somali federal government_
4. [The South West House of Representatives re-elects incumbent president Abdiaziz Laftagareen for the second time amid tensions with the Somali federal government that resulted in the military being deployed to the Lower Shabelle, Bay and Bakool regions of Somalia. ](/feed/2026/03/28/the-south-west-house-of-representatives-re-elects-incumbent-president-abdiaziz-laftagareen-for-the-second-time-amid-tens.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Somali federal government_
5. [Former Somali presidents Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed denounce the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for its management of public land in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, accusing it of violating constitutional safeguards and forcibly displacing impoverished families. ](/feed/2025/08/19/former-somali-presidents-abdiqasim-salad-hassan-sharif-sheikh-ahmed-and-mohamed-abdullahi-mohamed-denounce-the-administ.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, constitutional term_
6. [Clashes occur in Dolow, Somalia, between Jubaland forces and the Somali National Army. ](/feed/2025/07/28/clashes-occur-in-dolow-somalia-between-jubaland-forces-and-the-somali-national-army.md) _Context: Constitutional crisis in Somalia_
7. [At least ten people are killed and 20 others are injured in an assassination attempt by Al-Shabaab militants targeting Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud near Villa Somalia on the road to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia. ](/feed/2025/03/18/at-least-ten-people-are-killed-and-20-others-are-injured-in-an-assassination-attempt-by-al-shabaab-militants-targeting-s.md) _Context: Hassan Sheikh Mohamud_
8. [Somali federal government-appointed commissioner of Bardhere District Mohamed Ilyas Caagane is killed after Somali National Army forces are defeated by Jubaland forces in Gedo, Somalia. ](/feed/2025/02/5/somali-federal-government-appointed-commissioner-of-bardhere-district-mohamed-ilyas-caagane-is-killed-after-somali-natio.md) _Context: Somali federal government_