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Liibaan Axmed Xasan elected president of Somalia’s Galmudug state

By , based on Caasimada Online

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Liibaan Axmed Xasan has been elected president of Galmudug, a federal member state of Somalia, in a vote held in Dhuusamareeb. He takes over as head of the regional administration after a lengthy campaign, Caasimada Online reports.

Liibaan Axmed Xasan was elected president of Galmudug, a federal member state of Somalia, in a vote held in Dhusamareb, Somali media outlet Caasimada Online reports. He defeated his rival Cabdulqaadir Cabdullahi Diiriye.

Galmudug is one of Somalia’s federal member states where local elections began on 30 September, as part of the electoral process under way in Somalia.

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