the ones gaining momentum right now are al-shabab. i want to give zachary a chance to come back on this -- zachariah a chance to come back on this. how concerned is the central government about a return of al-shabab because of this controversy? >> legitimate somali people, this is incomprehensible. number two, somalia is a sovereign state, we are not under any obligations in our affairs when we are managing our affairs, to any other country or any other community. it is up to the somali people to choose their representatives. last but not least is that -- this is a psychological problem. this is called the fear of the unknown. those who do not want to go to the democratic election are afraid of their constituencies, so they have to do it right away. the last time we had an election was in 1967 -- the last time we had a -- was in 1967. host: we will have to leave it there and i am sure we will have further opportunity to continue this discussion. for now, thanks to all our guests in mogadishu, toronto and here in doha. and thank you fo

basis has not had any contact with al-shabab for almost a year.u go back and look, there was a link that in may or june of last week, was broken -- of last year, was broken. isis had stopped making claims about the victories. if you look at the recent claim on palma, it is fairly fake news. the pictures and videos that they used were from a summit last year. so the isis claim was totally fake. what it indicates is the lack of contact. they couldn't get current information on what the insurgents were doing because the insurgents were not talking to them. it is because one of the changes that took place, again, last year, is that the first thing they do when they go into an area is they cut the telephone links. this is very simple stuff, it is moshe -- machetes going through fiber-optic cables. the raid started at 4 p.m. and by 4:30 p.m., a the telephone links were down. there have not been telephone links except by satellite phones, which the insurgents don't appear to have. and so what happened is that isis literally had to fake that report. i thi

then former prime minister for marjah was elected by parliament as president despite threats from a shabab. let's bring in our guest into the show we have joining us in modern issues acarya had j. abdi he's a member of parliament and former minister of information in toronto with an alley is a good and development expert in a few arielle me is an associate professor of security studies at kut-o. university welcome to you all if i could start with zachary here in mogadishu 2nd here is this move by the president to extend his mandate is it legitimate. i think you misread the. whole situation there is no president to explain really only to you it. it is the balance by the way we don't have a lot of. the law how have we have how many people decision the right by the way we don't know can i finish please by the way we don't. have a lower house because people's house the parliament decided to and it still means that the country has experienced it for the last 8 months because of the. bickering between a speedboat. from the region and some central government 'd that could not decide the fate of t

question for you sir how does the instability in somalia play into the hands of armed groups like al shabab as you know who's been trying to topple the government for many years. well the president's illegal act has created or cage such a dead it has weakened its security systems in the country which means that it has allowed al-shabaab to fail a 3rd to penetrate both the chemical and the rest of the country so that illegal act invited on shabab to sort of store their authority in many parts of the country where they were losing in the past but they obvious some of our thank you so much for joining us from minneapolis. with pleasure still have al-jazeera why russia as blaming the u.s. after brazil's health regulators rejected its sputnik v coronavirus vaccine and why the 1st palestinian elections in 15 years could be delayed again. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways. hello there those showers that have been plaguing southern portions of china will begin to move out to ward japan seen some pretty heavy pockets of rain toward the hong kong area good news is as

how that vote should go ahead rival factions have been fighting in the capital mogadishu and the shabab is seizing the opportunity to extend its grip the armed groups said it was behind a car bomb that killed at least 3 people outside the national prisons authority headquarters it's feared the turmoil could lead to a new conflict as catherine sawyer reports. president mohammad up to life maja's address to the nation was tough but the same time provided an offer to unlock the political statement he accused the opposition leaders of politicizing the security forces trying to cause. and grab power and some foreign countries of meddling in somalia in tunnel affairs but he also pedaled back on the controversial law passed by the lower house of parliament to extend his time in office by 2 yes' and have the electoral commission organize a popular vote within that time i'm no good or the hun bulk of the federal governments of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options on the ring the september 17th

el shabab in somalia, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, isis is attempting to create a caliphate in multiple countries in africa and asia. with the terror threat now in many places, keeping thousands of troops grounded and concentrated in just one country at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and/or leaders. we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. i'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan, two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility onto a fifth. after consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and our development experts, with a congress and the vice president as well as with mr. gani and many others around the world, i've concluded that it's time to end american's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. when i came to office, i inherited a diplomatic ag

the main priority right now should be for the security forces to be prioritized and combating al-shababs is all fairly complicated. i want to look again at the september 17 agreement that had been cobbled together and then fell apart. this is called for the election of federal lawmakers through indirect elections. it had been agreed to but then it fell apart and the election was delayed because of disputes between federal government and different states, along with the opposition. what has to happen now for an agreement for the election going forward. even if the lower house of parliament agrees, that does not solve the problem, does it? >> it really does not. the fundamental problem right now is the lack of trust between stakeholders. that is due to clear violations that we have seen in the past six to eight months. obviously, the agreement was signed by the president and all of the other stakeholders. but there were some challenges with in how to implement that, and that stemmed to the total collapse, followed by attacks that were, launched on political opposition that further -- the

el shabab, al qaeda, al nusra, isis establishing affiliates in multiple countries.threat now in many places, keeping thousands of troops concentrated in just one at a cost of billions each year makes little sense to me and to our leaders. we cannot continue this cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan, hoping to create ideal conditions for the withdrawal and expecting a different result. i'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan. two republicans, two democrats. i will not pass this responsibility on to a fifth. after consulting closely with our allies and partners, with our military leaders and intelligence personnel, with our diplomats and our development experts, with the congress and the vice president, as well as with mr. gani and many others around the world, i've concluded it's time to end america's longest war. it's time for american troops to come home. when i came to office, i inherited a diplomatic agreement duly negotiated between the government of the united states and t

earlier on saturday, al-shabab fighters attacked two key somali military bases with car bombs and heavygunfire. in india, at least 22 police officers were killed and more than 30 others injured after a pitched, four-hour gun battle with hundreds of maoist fighters on sunday. the police had been carrying out anti-insurgency operations in the central state of chhattisgarh when they were ambushed by the maoists. the rebels have been waging a four-decade-long guerrilla campaign in support of india's indigenous people and other marginalized groups. at least 100 people have died after torrential rains triggered massive floods and landslides in indonesia and east timor sunday. most of the victims are in -- were in indonesia. thousands of homes were submerged. indonesia's disaster agency says some 125 million people, or half the country, live in areas at risk of landslides which is largely exacerbated by deforestation. back in the united states come authities in florida are racing to prevent the catastrophic collapse of a 77 acre waste-water storage pond at an abandoned phosphate mine in the ta

. >> al shabab came in at 3:00 p.m., and at 11:00 p.m.started burning houses down, there in bilibiza. i saw them kill people with knives. one of them used a chainsaw on someone's neck. neha: it took days for maria's aunt to reach safety in metuge, where improvised centers have been rapidly set up for those fleeing attacks. at the time of our visit, more than 10,000 people occupied the centers, although they had enough water and sanitation facilities to serve only a few hundred. and as the violence has escalated recently, the number of people in need of this safe haven has exploded. conditions here are declining. there's little access to food, shelter, or medical care. >> life is hard here. when food comes, some get it, some don't. neha: unicef, the united nations children's fund, says in addition to the violence, one of its greatest concerns is the transmission of water-borne diseases, especially cholera, which is rapidly spreading through the area. metuge seems to be the epicenter, accounting for more than half of all new cases. isabel p