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Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud attends Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) 2026 continues at the NEST Congress Center in Belek on April 17, 2026, in Antalya, Turkiye. [AFP]
The talk about talks is back in Mogadishu again; this time, a foreign mediator is taking centre stage.
According to well-placed sources, a high-powered delegation from Turkey’s National Intelligence Organisation arrived in Somalia’s capital on Monday to lead the talks between the Federal government of Somalia and the opposition groups.
This is reminiscent of what happened in Kenya following the 2007 general elections, albeit with a slight difference. Unlike Kenya, which had just gone through an election, Somalia has evaded the exercise and postponed it till next April, when the country will have settled the thorny issue of adopting universal suffrage or continuing with the current indirect election for MPs.
