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Somalia’s capital votes in first step toward restoring universal suffrage
MOGADISHU: Residents of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu will vote on Thursday in municipal elections meant to pave the way for the East African country’s first direct national polls in more than half a century. With the exception of votes in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the breakaway region of Somaliland, Somalia last held direct elections in 1969, months before military general, Mohamed Siad Barre, took power in a coup. After years of civil war that followed Barre’s fall in 1991, indirect elections were introduced in 2004.
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Somalia beefs up security ahead of first local elections in decades
MOGADISHU: Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week’s local elections — the first direct polls in nearly 60 years —…
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Somalia’s capital votes in first step toward restoring universal suffrage
MOGADISHU: Residents of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu will vote on Thursday in municipal elections meant to pave the way for the East African country’s first direct national polls…
