Somalia: Somali Opposition Condemns Government Over Blocked Protest in Mogadishu

Somalia: Somali Opposition Condemns Government Over Blocked Protest in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somalia's opposition coalition, the Somali Salvation Forum, on Monday condemned what it described as government efforts to block a planned peaceful protest in Mogadishu.

Somali Salvation Forum has announced that they will be holding protests against the government.

The Somali Salvation Forum announced on Monday that they will hold protests in Mogadishu on May 16. They accused the Somali Federal Government of blocking the peaceful protests that the opposition had planned to hold in Mogadishu the day before. The protests were intended to show solidarity with residents who had been forcibly evicted from their homes. The Somali Salvation Forum stated that they will continue their peaceful struggle against evic…

Somalia’s Federal Government Blocks Opposition Figures From Attending Mogadishu Protest – Somali Dispatch

MOGADISHU (SD) -Security forces from the Federal Government of Somalia deployed heavily across Mogadishu on Friday morning, blocking opposition politicians and supporters from reaching the site of a planned anti-government protest at Koonis Stadium in the Abdiasis district. Reports indicate that former Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and politician Abdirahman Caynte were stopped by government security forces while attempting to trave…