Somalia’s president dodges impeachment move

A bid to impeach Somalia’s president for alleged abuse of office was ruled “invalid” yesterday after the parliamentary clerk said over a dozen MPs had denied signing the motion. “We have received written statements from 14 lawmakers who claim their names have been used wrongly in the list of signatories of the motion against the president,” parliamentary clerk Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh said in a statement. “These legislators are not withdrawing from the impeachment motion, but are confirming that they have totally never signed the document,” he added.