ABC News reported that Somalia's power struggle has deepened after the country's Supreme Court ruled that the president's term had expired and ordered elections within 90 days. In its report on the ruling, ABC News described the court's decision as finding the president's term extension unlawful.
BBC News, in a separate report, said the top court rejected the president's term extension amid a political crisis. Its summary states that the country's first nationwide elections since 1969 are due next year, a timetable that is now "thrown into doubt."
The two summaries do not reconcile their accounts of election timing. ABC News describes an order for elections within 90 days, while BBC News describes nationwide elections as due next year. Neither summary explains how the two timetables relate to each other, or whether one replaces the other.
The summaries also do not name the president, describe the court's reasoning in detail, or report a response from the government or other parties to the dispute. Both outlets treat the matter as a political crisis, and ABC News characterizes it as a power struggle that has grown more serious following the ruling.
Based on these two reports alone, the court's decision has placed the planned election schedule in question, and the sources available do not say how the dispute will be resolved.
Sources: BBC News: Somalia's top court rejects president's term extension amid political crisis; ABC News: Somalia’s top court rules president’s term extension is unlawful, deepening power struggle.