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Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024

somalia elections

In this file photo taken on November 16, 2016, a person casts her ballot at a polling station in Baidoa, Somalia.

Photo credit: Simon Maina | AFP

What you need to know:

  • On Thursday, Somalia held its first elections by universal suffrage since 1969, in a local ballot in the semi-autonomous state of Puntland.
  • The African Union and several neighbouring governments hailed a "historic" vote.

Mogadishu,

Somalia's government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024.