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According to the Protection and Return Monitoring Network, about 259,500 people were displaced between October 2016 and February 2017, compared to 572,700 people displaced between October 2021 and February 2022.

The country has struggled to elect new leaders because of wrangles over the composition of electoral boards and political mistrust between President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble.

Aid agencies say the number of needy Somalis is set to increase as the impact of drought continues to grip most parts of the country as the rivers dried up and the people, mainly children started to die.

Gedo dispute over 16 seats in Garbaharey city is a stumbling block as local people reject attempts by Jubaland state president Ahmed Madobe to move the election to El-Wak city or Kismayo under his rule.

Last month, the U.S. imposed visa restrictions for Somali leaders after failing to hold a timely, transparent, and credible election in the country. Washington is a key partner in the fight against the Al-Shabaab group.

The U.S. Africa command used to train Somali elite forces from the Danab brigade to help the SNA fight against Al-Shabaab, Al-Qaeda’s East Africa branch which poses a potent threat to the security.

Mohamed Mohamud Farey, a political observer in Mogadishu, said on Tuesday that a large number of presidential candidates will give the deciding joint session plenty of choices.

Al-Shabab fighters have staged several raids inside Kenya in retaliation for Nairobi sending troops into Somalia in 2011 as part of an African Union force to oust the jihadists.

However, donor countries majorly UN Security council permanent states like the US, China, Russia, France, and the UK including a large section of Somalia authorities believe AMISOM value has waned.

The attack came two days after Kenya Defence Forces operating in the area killed one militant and recovered an AK47 rifle with three magazines in Milimani area.

Now that the UN authorization has expired, those ships and planes can still ward off and chase pirates but only in international air space and waters, not those of Somalia.

Mr. Biden hasn’t announced his decision. As a matter of policy we do not comment on potential troop deployments, a National Security Council spokeswoman said.