Somalia's South West State Elects New Senators

Somalia's South West state on Monday elected five senators, becoming only the second federal region in the country to vote in new representatives to the Upper House.

But the vote held in Baidoa, the interim capital of the State, came amid complaints of favourtism from some of the contenders thrown out of the nomination list.

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