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Somalia Parliament Approves Parts Of Election Overhaul Plan

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pledged to end Somalia's clan-based indirect voting system (Credit: AFP)

Somalia's parliament on Saturday unanimously approved proposals to overhaul the country's electoral system to reintroduce universal suffrage, a plan that has been criticised by some leading politicians.

Last March, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud pledged to end the complex clan-based indirect voting system in place for more than half a century in the troubled Horn of Africa nation.

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