President Hassan Sheikh in Baidoa to conclude South West reconciliation conference

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and some of his government officials today arrived in Baidoa where the second phase of the South West reconciliation conference is taking place.

President Mohamud’s visit to Baidoa is his second in less than two weeks to ensure the success of the reconciliation meeting in Baidoa, in which opposition figures and regional state leaders are discussing elections.

He is expected to conclude the meeting after the parties agree this week.
So far, leaders of the Southwest regional states and opposition groups have reached a settlement over the clash in late December that killed over ten people in Baidoa.


At least ten people were killed in Baidoa on December 23 after Southwest security forces and militia loyal to regional opposition candidates clashed at the home of former federal finance minister Mohamed Adan Ibrahim Fargeti, where opposition-loyal militia gathered.