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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meeting with Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during the 4th edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF2025) in Antalya, on April 12, 2025. [AFP]
Somalia on Tuesday launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50 years, a step towards universal suffrage ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2026 in the volatile nation.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pledged last year to end the complex clan-based indirect voting system that had been in place since 1969, enacting legislation approved by parliament.
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