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The business community in Somalia is reaping a windfall of profits from the ongoing electoral process with hotels booked to capacity, printing companies flooded with orders and travel agencies barely coping with the soaring demand for air tickets and vehicles.
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A shopkeeper counts Somali Shillings inside his shop in Kismaayo on 4 December 2016. UN Photo
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
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
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
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 6 December 2016. UN Photo
Journalists cover the electoral process in Mogadishu, Somalia on 4 December 2016. UN Photo
A delegate casts her vote during the electoral process in Baidoa, Somalia on 5 December 2016. UN Photo
Students of Simad University, a premier private university in Mogadishu, Somalia, attend a lecture on 3 December 2016. UN Photo
A delegate votes during the electoral process to choose members of the House of the People in Jowhar, Somalia on 4 December 2016. UN Photo
A delegate votes during the electoral process to choose members of the House of the People in Jowhar, Somalia on 3 December 2016. UN Photo