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Vol 65 No 24

Published 29th November 2024


Somalia

Hargeisa faces new pressures

After Irro’s victory, the government must respond to demands on corruption and jobs as it tries to hold the territory together

The decisive victory for Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro with 64% in the 13 November presidential elections should be seen as the culmination of two years of politicking during which the incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi tried to delay and manipulate the constitutional process at the expense of his Isaq and non-Isaq opposition. Protests, demonstrations, and violence, which resulted in the killing of dozens of people, did not rein in his political ambitions.

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