Mogadishu, Dec 21, 2025 (AFP) - Somalia beefs up security ahead of first local elections in decades

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2025-12-21

Somalia will deploy more than 10,000 security personnel in the capital, Mogadishu, ahead of next week's local elections -- the first direct polls in nearly 60 years -- the security minister said on Sunday. The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent natural disasters. In April, the country launched voter registration for the first time in decades, a step t......

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