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Somalia: Former Finance Minister Announces to Run for Presidency
Radio Dalsan, 14 September 2020
Former finance minister Hussein Abdi Halane has announced on Sunday that he will run for the presidency in the next year's election that is scheduled in February. Read more »
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Somalia: Former PM Announces Run for Presidency
Shabelle, 13 September 2020
Former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre announced on Saturday that he will run for the presidency in the next year's election. Read more »
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Somalia: Critics Lay Into Khaire's 'Opportunism' for Running for President.
Radio Dalsan, 15 September 2020
Somalia's critics of ousted Prime Minister Hassan Khaire were on Sunday unanimous in terming his bid for Presidency as an opportunistic venture. Read more »
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Somalia: Former PM Hassan Kheire Announces His Candidacy for President
Radio Dalsan, 12 September 2020
Former prime minister Hassan Ali Kheire has publicly announced that he is a presidential candidate in the upcoming election of 2021, fifty days after he was ousted by the… Read more »
Two Former Somali Cabinet Members Declare Presidential Bid
Former finance minister Hussein Abdi Halane has announced that he will run for the presidency in the next year's election that is scheduled in February. He plans to vie on the ticket of his party Life and Justice. He is the second high-ranking former official to throw his hat into the ring after Hassan Ali Kheire, the longest-serving prime minister after the country's civil war, publicly declared his ambition 50 days after a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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President Mohamed Farmaajo, the incumbent, has been faced with criticism for failing to address issues like insecurity, lack of a permanent constitution, a broken justice system, ... Read more »
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The meeting between President Farmajo, Jubaland and Puntland leaders has been called off. Sources say this comes after Jubbaland state leader Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe demanded ... Read more »
