Somalia has sworn-in its 10th parliament in Mogadishu on Tuesday, December 27 under a tight security and heavy presence of troops on main streets in the capital. The voting process for the new parliament members is yet to be completed, with a new list of 5 seats which were nullified by the electoral disputes body to be re-contested.
The east Africa country moved one step closer to a new milestone, with the swearing in of 281 MPs, including 38 upper house senators who took the oath of office on Tuesday. The country's new 347-member parliament will elect a president in January, before UN's security council meeting on Somalia which is scheduled on 19th January, 2017.
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