Monday, August 20, 2012

Somalia: A new parliament, presidential elections due in the coming weeks

Members of a new parliament in Somalia are being sworn in, presidential elections are to be held in the coming weeks.

The mandate for Somalia's U.N. mandate ended Monday, the day by which international backers had hoped a new presidential election would be held. But the election of a new, 275-member parliament has lagged behind schedule.

Elections for a speaker of parliament and president are still several days away.

Somalia has been without a fully functioning government since

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