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Somalia: Govt Sets Election Dates, Doubles Candidates Fees
East African, 2 October 2020
Somalia has published its electoral calendar, setting the presidential election for next year. Read more »
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Somalia: Govt Issues New Election Timetable
Nation, 2 October 2020
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Federal Member States (FMS) on Thursday finally issued the long-awaited election procedures for the upcoming elections in 2020/2021. Read more »
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Somalia: Official Date for the Next General Elections Announced
Radio Dalsan, 2 October 2020
The Somali parliamentary elections will kick-off early December the countries leader said. Read more »
Somalia Sets Election Dates
Somalia has set the presidential election for next year. This followed an agreement between President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and the federal state leaders to retain the clan-based system of delegate voting in the elections. The parliamentary elections that will be held from December 1 to December 27 this year. Members of Parliament in the Lower House, also known as the House of the People, will be elected through delegates nominated by clan elders in conjunction with the electoral body. The presidential election will now take place on February 8, 2021.
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