The United Nations, African Union, European Union, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States congratulate members of Somalia’s tenth parliament for completing the elections of their respective chambers’ speakers and deputy speak
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Senators belonging to the Upper House cast their votes to determine the Speaker of the Upper House, as well as the two Deputy Speakers, during an election in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 22 January 2017. UN Photo
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The Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, Peter de Clercq, speaks at an event in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 17 January 2017, to mark the launch of a humanitarian response plan by the United Nations and international donors in the face of a prolonged drought, which is leading to food insecurity in the country and even a possible famine. UN Photo
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Peter de Clercq, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia and the UN's Resident Humanitarian Coordinator, speaks to a woman affected by the drought in Baidoa, on 16 January 2017. UN Photo
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Abdiweli Sheikh Ibrahim Muudeey, addresses House of the People and journalists after he was declared the winner in the race for the First Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament in Mogadishu, Somalia on 12 January 2017. UN Photo
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Author and political analyst, Abukar Sheikh Ahmed says:“The debate on the issues of the election from the public perspective was not interesting because there was no public voting and campaigning. Most of the candidates knew their target and they were campaigning in parliament and clans.”