Somali leaders face reciprocal arrest warrants over disputed regional election


  • World
  • Thursday, 28 Nov 2024

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's federal government and the country's Jubbaland region have issued reciprocal arrest warrants for their respective leaders in an escalating dispute over the conduct of elections in Jubbaland.

Jubbaland, which borders Kenya and Ethiopia and is one of Somalia's five semi-autonomous states, re-elected regional president Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe for a third term in elections on Monday.

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