Prime Minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussain Roble MOSCOW, Jan 2 Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has set up a committee to investigate President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s suspension of Roble last week, according to local newspaper Garowe. his (Roble) ouster by the president. «In late December, the Somali president announced that Roble was being removed from his prime minister's duties while an investigation was being conducted on suspicion of corruption. The office of the head of government called this decision «an unsuccessful coup d'etat.» Several former Somali presidents have condemned Mohamed's actions. The US and British embassies have called on all parties to de-escalate tensions. Roblet accused the president of trying to disrupt the country's elections in order to stay in office and called on the country's armed forces to report directly to the government. As noted by the French radio RFI, the Prime Minister and the President of Somalia are in a state of conflict over the elections to which a new head of state is to be appointed. . 
The Somali military repulsed an attack by Islamist militants on Balad in September, according to the Somali media, the country's president had already suspended the prime minister's office amid disagreements over the resignation of the head of national intelligence, which Mohamed considered unconstitutional. However, a month later, the parties settled their differences and agreed to accelerate preparations for the elections. Roble received all powers related to the organization and conduct of elections on May 1, 2021. Elections to the lower house of parliament were supposed to take place from October 1 to November 20, but never took place. Somalia ceased to exist as a single state in 1991 with the fall of the dictatorial regime of Siad Barre. The international community recognizes the federal government, which controls the capital city of Mogadishu and a number of other areas, as the only legitimate authority in the country. The rest of Somalia is under the control of unrecognized state entities or self-governing territories. In particular, in the northern part of the country is the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland, in the eastern — the Puntland region, which declared autonomy in 1998. 
At least 30 people killed in Somalia due to clashes between the army and militants
