Somalis vote in the first one-person, one-vote local election in decades

Residents of Somalia’s capital are set to vote in a controversial local election that marks the country’s first-ever ...
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Somali capital holds first direct election in over five decades

Amid opposition boycotts, people in Mogadishu vote in the city’s first direct local polls since 1969. Residents of Somalia’s ...
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Mogadishu Votes: Somalia's Leap Toward Democracy Sparks Controversy

Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, prepares for its historic one-person, one-vote election in over 50 years, moving away from a ...

Somalia's capital votes in first step to restoring universal suffrage

With the exception of votes in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the breakaway region of Somaliland, Somalia last ...
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Somalia's president meets former leader amid push for political dialogue

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud held a private meeting late on Sunday night in Mogadishu with former president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a senior opposition figure, amid renewed calls for national ...