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The Election Network

Meet Somalia’s new President, ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo

Members of parliament elected ex-Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo as Somalia’s 9th President after the second round of the elections and many hours of deliberations, defeating the incumbent President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a surprise result and tight race. The election was held amid tight security at the heavily guarded airport base in capital city […]