Somali Governance: What Follows the TFG?

The parliament of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) had its mandate extended for three more years, parliament Speaker Sharif Hassan said Feb. 3. The TFG's executive branch is likely to lose its mandate in August due to a lack of governance and gains relative to insurgents and warlords in the country. Questions have arisen about the form of executive government that will follow the TFG, with much discussion about decentralizing governance and giving Somalia's major subregions more power.