– On Friday evening, a group headed by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud travelled to Baidoa, where the South West reconciliation conference’s second phase is being held.
According to sources, President Mohamud is making his second trip to Baidoa in less than two weeks to assure the success of the reconciliation summit there, where opposition leaders and regional state leaders are debating elections.
After the sides reach an agreement this week, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is anticipated to adjourn the meeting.
Leaders of the opposition parties and states in the Southwest area have so far come to an agreement over the clash in Baidoa at the end of December that resulted in the deaths of over 10 people.
On December 23, clashes between Southwest security forces and militia supporting local opposition candidates in Baidoa resulted in at least ten deaths. The fighting took place at the former federal finance minister Mohamed Adan Ibrahim Fargeti’s house, where the militia was gathered.