Somalia: Supreme Court Rules President's Tenure Illegal

Good news — Flash Radio shares this positive update with you. The president's continued rule is 'illegal', as the adoption of a new constitution last March—which extended the presidential term by four to five years—could not apply to his current term, ruled the Somali Supreme Court on November 5, 2026. The country's highest judicial authority also declared 'null and void' in a separate decision the announcement by the head of state on Facebook to remove Supreme Court President Bashe Yusuf Ahmed from his position. The Supreme Court ruled that the president's continued tenure is 'illegal', as the adoption of a new constitution last March—which extended the presidential term by four to five years—could not apply to his current term. The country's highest judicial authority also declared 'null and void' in a separate decision the announcement by the head of state on Facebook to remove Supreme Court President Bashe Yusuf Ahmed from his position.