Explainer for this story from yesterday.
[AlAhram] Fighting has erupted in the Somali capital Mogadishu, with rising tensions between the president and a host of powerful opponents spilling over in the fragile country's worst political violence in years.The festivities came after President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed failed to hold scheduled elections and instead extended his mandate by two years, thrusting the long-troubled Horn of Africa nation into a fresh crisis.
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
Armed men and vehicles mounted with machine guns have taken up positions in opposition strongholds after a night of gunfire in the capital, after government troops clashed with fighters allied to the president's rivals.