Galmudug Assembly vows to go on with elections

Members of the Galmudug assembly have said the presidential elections scheduled for 30th of April will go on as planned.

The regional MPs vowed not to agree to any extension and hold the elections on the agreed date.

Abdi Hassan Elmi, a member of the regional assembly says the elections will take place on the agreed date quashing reports of an extension.

The MPs said they have agreed with the Federal Government of Somalia to change the date they agreed previously in order to give room to talks between the Galmudug state and the moderate Islamist group, Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa.

The talks which were been sanctioned by the FGS seem to have hit a snag.

Reports have emerged this week that the talks have collapsed.