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The leader of Galmudug Ahmed Abdi Karie Qoor-Qoor and outgoing Lower House speaker Mohamed Mursal began mediating between Roble and Farmajo who are in deadlock over Ikran Tahlil’s murder case.

Qali Mohamud Guhad, the mother of the murdered girl has thanked the minister for supporting their fight for justice, asking the public to show solidarity with Ikran, who went missing on 26th June 2021.

The family of the slain NISA officer filled a lawsuit against Fahad Yasin and three other senior spy officials blamed for the assassination of Ikran Tahlil.

The released list of 24 candidates will compete for 11 seats. Only Abdi Hashi is the lone candidate for the first seat with no rival contender. 

The sacked former intelligence chief Fahad Yasin was arrested last Friday in Djibouti by airport authorities while on transit to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu from Turkey.

Somalia has so far registered more than 19,000 COVID-19 cases and 1,079 deaths since the outbreak of the diseases in the country early last year.   

The sea row case has damaged the diplomatic relations between the two East African countries after Kenya pushed for outside court resolution. 

The violence in Somalia has claimed the lives of thousands of people and displaced millions from the country since the outbreak of the civil war in 1991.

Politicians have previously criticized the Galmudug leader for not playing a positive role in the Farmajo-Roble dispute, and for not mediating between the sides whose relations have reached the lowest point.

Ethiopia has a heavy presence of troops in the regions of Southwest State, some are not part of the African Union Mission in Somalia.

The terror group has stepped up attacks on government-controlled areas in Somalia in an attempt to disrupt the ongoing parliamentary election. 

The UN and other international partners are unhappy about the worsening dispute between the country's political leaders who are in a deadlock for control.