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Somalia

Hassan Sheikh takes poll position

The President hopes he can remain in power by winning a ‘one person one vote’ election next year, or get his term extended if delays persist

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has strengthened his position in the run-up to the presidential election next year by skilfully dividing the opposition. He is sticking with his call for a 'one person one vote', based on a flawed electoral roll, and appears to be maintaining his political momentum at the expense of less astute rivals. The official electoral agenda is for district-level elections to be followed by federal parliamentary elections in each Federal Member State two months later. These will be followed by the election of the federal President two months after that.

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