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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, file photo, Nicholas Haysom, then the top UN envoy in Afghanistan, speaks during a press conference in Kabul. Somalia's government on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 ordered Nicholas Haysom, the United Nations envoy to Somalia, to leave amid questions over the arrest of the al-Shabab extremist group's former deputy leader Mukhtar Robow who had run for a regional presidency. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)

Somalia declares UN envoy persona non grata

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018 file photo, Mukhtar Robow, who was once deputy leader of Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab, speaks at a press conference about his candidacy for a regional presidency, in Baidoa, Somalia. A Somali official says Ethiopian troops that are part of the African Union forces supporting the Somali government have arrested Robow in Baidoa. (AP Photo/File)

Top al-Shabab defector-turned-Somalia candidate is arrested

By ABDI GULED - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, Mukhtar Robow, who was once deputy leader of Africa's deadliest Islamic extremist group the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabab, speaks at a press conference about his candidacy for a regional presidency, in Baidoa, Somalia. Once the No. 2 leader of al-Shabab, now Mukhtar Robow is running for a regional presidency in Somalia, defying a government that says he's ineligible because he remains under international sanctions. (AP Photo)

Mukhtar Robow, Al-Shabab’s former No. 2 leader, runs for office in Somalia

By Abdi Guled and Cara Anna - Associated Press