An essential military wages funding deal could also be on the chopping board.

The debt relief programme needs to be reviewed by 17 May by a new government, according to IMF's mission chief for Somalia, Laura Jaramillo Mayor.

The deal will see Somalia's debt fall to $560m (£400m) from $5.2bn in 2018.

In the first phase of the programme in 2020, the debt was reduced to $3.7bn

It's expected the debt reduction would allow the country to attract more funding and aid from international partners to develop its private sector.

Elections in Somalia are long overdue - they were initially slated for November 2020, but have since been postponed twice due to disagreements on the mode of conducting the polls.