Deteriorating situation in Somalia has international community worried

Some key international players have called for holding presidential elections in Somalia soon so that the eastern Africa country can avoid sliding into chaos and violence.
This came in the wake of
a suicide attack on a commercial mall on February 23 in Somali capital
Mogadishu.
Chairman of the African
Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat expressed concern over deteriorating security
and political conditions in Somalia.
These conditions threaten
the gains made in this country over the past decade, Mahamat said.
He denounced all forms of
violence in Somalia, calling on Somalis to abstain from involvement in
activities that can jeopardize their country's peace and security.
Somalis are urgently
required to reach a consensus to end the current political deadlock, Mahamat
said.
He called for dialogue
between Somali parties with the aim of reaching a settlement to the ongoing
conflict on elections.
Mahamat said Somali
politicians need to work to serve the best interests of their country, not the
interests of their parties.
The Somali people
suffered for long, Mahamat said.
He warned against the
effects of violence on Somalia's transition.
Call for
protests
Somalia's opposition refused, meanwhile, a bid by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo to outstay his presidential term in power.
Farmaajo's term came to an end
earlier this month.
The opposition called for holing
presidential and parliamentary elections as soon as possible.
It called for staging peaceful protests on a main square in Somali capital Mogadishu against the president and his plans to keep staying in the office of president, despite the end of his presidential term.