Universal Suffrage

Universal Suffrage

Women queue to have their biometrics recorded during the voter registration for the forthcoming local government elections, breaking away from the long-standing practice of leaders being chosen by clan elders, in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia April 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

Somalia's capital votes in first step toward restoring universal suffrage

With the exception of votes in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland and the breakaway region of Somaliland, Somalia last held direct elections in 1969, months before military general, Mohamed...