Somalia’s Supreme Court demands elections within 90 days
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Bénin Web TV
Somalia’s Supreme Court set 15 May 2026 as the end of President Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud’s term and called for elections within 90 days. It said constitutional amendments adopted in March did not automatically extend current terms, according to its ruling issued on Thursday 5 November.
Somalia’s Supreme Court ordered political actors to agree on an electoral framework within 30 days and hold national elections within 90 days, while limiting the transitional government to managing day-to-day affairs, according to the court.
The judges set 15 May 2026 as the end of President Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud’s term and 14 April as the end of the terms of the two houses of Parliament. They said a new term length applied to officials already in office only if the legislation expressly provided for it, according to the Supreme Court.
The decision came after the dismissal on 4 November of Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, president of the Supreme Court, by the head of state. It followed the dismissal of the president of Somalia’s Supreme Court and the ruling declaring Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud’s continued hold on power illegal.
