- NAIROBI, Kenya: The UN Security Council is warning Somali leaders that they risk losing financial support if they can’t agree on when and how to hold elections.
Somalia’s fragile government depends on the international community for almost everything, including the salaries of soldiers and lawmakers. Around 9,000 African Union troops are stationed in Mogadishu to prevent the government from being overrun by militants.
The British ambassador to the UN, Mark Lyall Grant, told a news conference Wednesday that world leaders could send money for lawmakers elsewhere.
US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice wrote on her Twitter account that the Security Council “blasted” the president and speaker during a meeting in Nairobi.