Somali Future Council
Political alliance in Somalia
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The Somali Future Council (Somali: Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaaliya; SFC) is an opposition coalition against the Federal Government of Somalia. It was founded on October 2, 2025 by the president of Puntland and the president of Jubaland as part of the ongoing constitutional crisis.[1]
Puntland
Jubaland
South West State (March 2026)
The Somali Future Council | |
|---|---|
| Administrative center | Nairobi in Kenya |
| Type | Political coalition |
| Membership |
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| Leaders | |
| Said Abdullahi Deni | |
| Ahmed Mohamed Islam | |
| Abdiaziz Laftagareen (March 2026) | |
| Establishment | October 2, 2025 |
The coalition temporarily expanded to include the South West State on March 19, 2026 after the state's president had severed ties with the federal government on March 17.[2] On March 30, the president of the South West State was removed by the Somali National Army and replaced with Ahmed Mohamed Hussein as the head of a new transitional government[3].
Background
Negotiations
Talks at Halane Camp in Mogadishu between the Somali Future Council and the Government began on May 12 with mediation from US and UK ambassadors. The SFC was represented by former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and the government by outgoing Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Deputy Prime Minister Salah Ahmed Jama.
The talks collapsed on the third day after the opposition leaders demanded the president acknowledge that his mandate had ended to which he maintained that it had not. The Federal Government of Somalia subsequently released a statement affirming the president's position on the implementation of direct elections.[4]