Somalia: Regional Feuds and Clannism to Decide Election

Sour relations between Mogadishu and some of its federal states could determine the outcome of the 2020 presidential elections in Somalia which will be held with little progress on constitutional reform.

Insecurity has all but ruled out President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo's promise of elections based on universal suffrage leaving the easily manipulable clan-based system to pick the fragmented country's next leader.

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