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Letter from Mogadishu: Rush to finalise constitution as polls beckon

Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud casts his ballot during local council elections in Mogadishu on December 25, 2025. [AFP]

Somalia is rushing to align the country’s Provisional Constitution ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for May.

The joint sitting of the Somali parliament (National Assembly and Senate) has been reviewing the document to amend it and align it with the nation's aspirations, literally rising from the ashes.

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