Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, popularly known as “Irro”, won the election with 63.92 percent of the vote, well ahead of outgoing president Muse Bihi (34.81 percent) and Social Justice Party (UCID) leader Faysal Ali Warabe (0.74 percent), election commission chairman Muse Hassan Yusuf announced on Tuesday.
The territory on the northwest point of Somalia unilaterally declared independence in 1991 and has been far more stable and peaceful than the rest of the country since then.
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The move follows a pledge by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in March to end a complex indirect system in place since 1969.
Somalia and its neighbours in the Horn of Africa including Ethiopia and Kenya have been suffering the worst drought in four decades after five failed rainy seasons
Kenya and Somalia have agreed to reopen their common border after more than a decade, Kenya’s interior minister said on…
A suicide attack claimed by the Somali Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab killed at least seven people and injured nine others in Mogadishu on Sunday.
US President Joe Biden in May ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat Al-Shabaab
Al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based group tied to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement posted on a pro-militant website.
Speaking up about gender violence carries huge risks in Somalia, where rape remains a rampant problem.
The country has yet to pass its first sexual offences bill, which has been in the works since 2014.
Perpetrators have rarely been prosecuted or punished, while victims often face a backlash when they step forward.
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