Somalia — Somalia's parliament met in neighbouring Djibouti on Tuesday and extended the time for electing a new president of Somalia and added 5 days for the timeframe which expires on 29 of this month, officials told radio Shabelle.
"Two hundred lawmakers have participated in today's meeting, 193 of them agreed to extend the time of election, 6 rejected while 1 abstained, so we will discuss the day of electing president after the new members from the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) take oath " the speaker and acting president Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor said.
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