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A female delegate casts her vote in the Somaliland election to vote a member of parliament into Somalia's House of the People in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 12 December 2016. UN Photo
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Galmudug and Puntland complete voting for the House of the People

Galmudug and Puntland have completed the electoral process for the House of the People, bringing the number of federal states that have concluded the exercise to five. The voting was concluded on Sunday and Monday in Cadaado…
Election officials explain the voting process to delegates about to vote in Somaliland's election to pick members of parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 10 December 2016. Somalia is currently electing members to the House of the People, who will then go on to elect Somalia's new president along with the Upper House of parliament. UN Photo
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Thirteen elected to the House of the People in the final stages of voting as HirShabelle concludes the process

HirShabelle became the third state to conclude the electoral process as another 13 candidates were elected to the House of the People in the state capitals of Jowhar, Cadaado and Mogadishu. To date, elections have been held…
Abdirisak Omar Ahmed, a law student of SIMAD University, said, "My desire is to see the restoration of the rule of law and that is what is happening now. The extension of the Electoral College to other regions other than Mogadishu is good for the stability of the country. I am pleased with the electoral process. The difference between 2012 and the current process, is in its inclusiveness."  UN Photo
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Somali youth express satisfaction with the ongoing electoral process

Thirty-two-year-old Ibrahim Dahir Hussein was one of the Somali youth who had lost hope in the country’s politics. He was tired of hearing old politicians repeat that youth are the future leaders, yet no action was being…
Officers of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) and UN officials, attend the opening of a workshop organised by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), to build the capacity of NISA as part of the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme for ex-combatants of Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, on 6 December 2016. UN Photo
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Somali intelligence agency officials set up harmonized screening criteria for former al-Shabaab combatants

A two-day workshop on the harmonisation of screening processes for low- and high-risk ex-Al Shabaab combatants opened in the Somali capital today. The workshop aims to harmonise screening criteria among agents of the National…
A delegate votes during the electoral process to choose members of the House of the People in Jowhar, Somalia on 6 December 2016. UN Photo
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Four more candidates elected as House of the People voting nears end in HirShabelle and Galmudug

Four candidates were elected to the House of the People in Galmudug and HirShabelle today as electoral bodies in the two states prepared to conclude the electoral process. Three of the four candidates were elected in the…
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