MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and regional state presidents have signed an agreement resolving an impasse over holding elections, the state-run television station said on its Twitter account.
Parliament was supposed to elect a new president on Feb. 8, but the process was delayed because the selection of new lawmakers by clan elders in December was also held up by, among other issues, a dispute over the composition of an election committee to conduct the vote.
“The prime minister and state leaders signed the election agreement,” Somalia News Agency said on Twitter.
(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh; Writing by George Obulutsa; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
