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René Brosius, PhD Candidate, Bayreuth University

Somalia's election was different: why that's not necessarily a bad thing

Clan elders gather in Belet Weyne, Somalia's fifth largest city, for a weekly meeting to discuss various issues affecting their region. Flickr-AU UN IST Photo / Tobin Jones

At the end of a tough electoral process marked by intensified violence, Somalia has a new president.

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud wasn’t elected in a free and universal “one person, one vote” election, as stipulated in the provisional constitution of 2012. Instead, he emerged winner from a clan-specific selection process unique to Somalia.

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