In 2024, universal suffrage will be introduced in Somalia, the Somali government announced

On Sunday, the Somali government announced that in 2024 universal suffrage will be introduced in the country: it will replace the current electoral model,

Somalia to introduce direct universal suffrage in 2024

Mustafa HAJI ABDINUR President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is moving to end Somalia’s clan-based political system Somalia’s government and federal member states said Sunday that direct universal suffrage would be introduced with local elections set for June 2024. The move follows a pledge by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in March to end a complex indirect system in place since 1969. “The basic principles should be that the election of the Federal So…