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Menendez, who is the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the statement after Farmajo’s mandate expired without an agreement on the conduct of the scheduled elections.

The remarks come as Somalia stands at a new electoral crossroad with the term of the president ended on February 8. Everyone is worried about the current situation and wondering what will happen next.

In strong-warded statement, the US embassy urged Farmajo and regional heads to convene another meeting and reach a broad-based consensus on the elections immediately. 

The journalists were later released from prison without charges. This is the second assault on the same TV HQ in the capital since last year, according to its managing director.

Security sources, who have asked not to be named, told KON that a remote-controlled roadside bomb targeted a vehicle carrying chief of NISA in Dhusamareb, Colonel Abdirashid Qooje, and his bodyguards.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for either attack, but al-Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for recent attacks in Somalia over the recent years.

Farmajo's non-compromise policy is to blame for the current uncertainty situation in the country, said MP Abdirashid Hidig who attended the failed Dhusamareb meeting.

Qatar has had a strong influence on Somali politics for the past four years and managed to expel UAE missions in the country, thanks to its man in Villa Somalia, Fahad Yasin who facilitated this.

Also, the agenda includes who will run the country when Farmajo's term ends on February 8, and reports say he will be given a fixed term until another president is elected.

The president whose term ends in 5 days faces pressure and was accused of bypassing the electoral law by stacking the poll body with his allies, intelligence agents, and civil servants to rig the next election. Who is the man challenging Farmaajo? 

Sources say there is little hope for the ongoing meeting to yield fruits, as some issues on the agenda are difficult for the heads of the Federal States and the government to settle unless Farmajo compromises.

General Galal has contributed his fair share to the establishment of the country army and took part in the Somalia-Ethiopia war in 1977.