Somalia’s AU Candidate Decries Pressure to Step Down From Race

Somalia’s Fawzia Yusuf Adam raised concerns on Thursday about being pressured to withdraw from the race for Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC).

During a press briefing, Adam revealed that she had reportedly received pressure from two Djiboutian leaders, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre.

“The President and the Prime Minister from Djibouti asked me to give up,” she stated.

She revealed that she was called to a National Consultative Council (NCC) meeting between the two and other leaders during which she alleges that she was asked to stop running for the position.

Adam added that she was not given a reason to stop vying.