Sunday, September 9, 2012

Somalia: Presidential vote set to create first stable govt. in 21 years

Lawmakers in Somalia are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the country a step closer to its first stable government since the 1991 ouster of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.

The new parliament, which was elected this past August, will hold a ballot to vote the new president from about two dozen candidates.

The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Tanzania's, Augustine P. Mahiga, in a letter to lawmakers, called for a credible leader who can lead the battered country toward

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