Somalia Re-elects Hassan Sheik Mohamud As President
Former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been re-elected to the country’s top job after defeating incumbent leader in a contest decided by legislators in a third round of voting late Sunday.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somali president between 2012 and 2017, won the contest in the capital, Mogadishu, amid a security lockdown imposed by authorities to prevent deadly militant attacks. The first round of voting was contested by 36 aspirants, four of whom proceeded to the second round. With no candidate winning at least two-thirds of the 328 ballots, voting then went into a third round where Mohamud won by a simple majority.
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Members of the upper and lower legislative chambers pick...