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Tight race expected in upcoming Somalia presidential polls

Former Envoy of Somalia to Kenya Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur with students in the Central Somalia town of Jowhar in August last year during his "Peace Journey" aimed at enhancing grassroot reconciliation in the war-torn country.PHOTO: STANDARD

The upcoming presidential poll in neigbouring Somalia next month promises to be a tight and competitive affair as candidates jostle to unseat the current President Mohammud Hassan Sheikh from power

So far, the Presidential race has attracted the interest of political heavy weights in the Somali politics including former President Sheikh Shariff Ahmed, former prime ministers Mohammed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” and Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed among others.

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