Somalia's Supreme Court Rejects President's Term Extension

• Somalia's Supreme Court rejected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's term extension.
• Mohamud declared a 'transition period' extending his term by one year after his term ended in May.
• The country's first one-person, one-vote elections in many years are scheduled for next year.
• The rejection of the term extension casts doubt on the upcoming election timetable.
• Mohamud has been accused of arresting the chief justice amid the political crisis.