Somalia’s National Consultative Council meeting adjourned amid stalemate 

MOGADISHU (Adduun) – The meeting of Somalia’s National Consultative Council was adjourned until October 27, as leaders were unable to forge a consensus on critical issues pertaining to the administration of the upcoming regional elections. 

The council, which previously included the Somali President, the leaders of the five regional states, the Prime Minister, and the Mayor of Mogadishu, faced a significant setback as two of its key members—specifically, the Presidents of Jubaland and Puntland—boycotted the discussions. 

While other regional states acquiesced to President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s proposal for a one-year term extension and the scheduling of regional elections for late-2025, a formal communiqué could not be issued due to the lack of broad consensus resulting from the absence of the two most influential state leaders in Somalia. 

In a statement on Wednesday, Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced that discussions would reconvene on October 26; however, he did not clarify whether his administration would make efforts to reengage the leaders of Jubaland and Puntland in the council. 

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