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Somalia: Abdullahi Mohammed Farmaajo Declared Somalia President
Al Jazeera, 8 February 2017
A former prime minister who holds dual Somali-US citizenship has been declared Somalia's new president. Read more »
Members of parliament are currently casting their vote for a new president but the successful candidate will inherit a long list of challenges, including economic, terrorism, clan rivalries and food insecurity.
The newly elected president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo (centre) makes an acceptance speech after he was sworn into office at the Mogadishu Airport hangar on February 8, 2017.
Election observers say candidates are giving gifts and large sums of cash to lawmakers to secure their votes. Read more »
The elections initially set for August last year have been postponed four times on account of logistics and insecurity challenges. Read more »
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