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Four candidates vie to lead Somalia’s Galmudug

By , based on Caasimada Online

Map: Galmudug, Somalia

Somalia’s electoral commission has published the list of candidates for president and vice-president of the regional state of Galmudug. Four people are in the running, two for each position, and the vote is due to take place in the coming days, Caasimada Online reports.

Somalia’s electoral commission has announced four candidates for the posts of president and vice-president of the federal state of Galmudug, according to Caasimada Online. Two candidates are running for president and two for vice-president. The vote is expected to take place in the coming days.

The announcement comes as local elections have opened in Hirshabelle and Galmudug. The Galmudug process had already been marked by the exclusion of the Towfiq party, announced in September.

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