The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah said in a press release and in the interview he gave to VOA-Somali Service that “despite enormous difficulties including lack of political experience, security threats, absence of regular payments and many other challenges, the national leadership of Somalia has maintained its cohesion and shown a coherent approach in reaching out to their political opponents”
Mr/ Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah’s key message, reflected in the title of his press release, as was also emphasized in his interview, was conveyed in his call “a call to end external meddling in Somali internal affairs.”
You can listen to the entire interview in English he gave to Harun Maruf of VOA Somali Service