Somalia's cabinet on Thursday endorsed legislation to allow a one-person-one-vote system for elections for the first time in more
Somalia 's cabinet on Thursday endorsed legislation to allow a one-person-one-vote system for elections for the first time in more than half a century in the troubled Horn of Africa nation. The law aims to replace a complex clan-based indirect voting system that has been in place since 1969, when the dictator Siad Barre seized power.
The legislation “will give every Somali citizen the constitutional right to vote for a leader of their choice,” he said. Direct voting has also been held in Puntland’s neighbour Somaliland, which declared independence in 1991 but has never been recognised internationally. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published Thursday that he was "sorry" that Hamas was able to carry out its October 7 attack, without explicitly taking responsibility. Netanyahu, who has resisted making an apology for security failures over Israel's worst-ever attack and focused on destroying Hamas, was asked if he would apologize…
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