Nairobi, Dec 25, 2025 (AFP) - Mogadishu heads to first local elections in decades under tight security

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2025-12-25

Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, will head to the polls on Thursday for local elections -- the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years -- under a complete citywide lockdown amid security concerns. The east African country is struggling to emerge from decades of conflict and chaos, battling a bloody Islamist insurgency and frequent natural disasters. Thursday's polls will serve as a pilot test of the direct voting system championed by Presiden......

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