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So­ma­lia: Haji Mo­hamed Hus­sein’s elec­tion as leader of SYL in 1957 put him ad odds with the gov­ern­ment, his party and the Ad­min­is­ter­ing Au­thor­ity. Brief Note

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Haji Mo­hamed Hus­sein Hamud was one of the 13 founders in 1943 of what was then known as So­mali Youth Club (SYC). When the SYC be­came a fully-fledged po­lit­i­cal party in 1947 with the name of So­mali Youth League (SYL), Haji Mo­hamed was cho­sen as the Leader of th... More »

Three key com­po­nents of the 1956 elec­toral law to think back:

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(a) For­eign com­mu­nity rep­re­sen­ta­tion (b) the sin­gle seat as­signed to Mo­gadis­cio and (c) the tribal As­sem­blies (shir) The first gen­eral elec­tion law in So­ma­lia was en­acted on 31 March 1955 (Or­di­nannza no. 6 Marso, 1955). In the face of the dif­fi­cul­ties in­volved... More »

So­ma­lia: The 1956 po­lit­i­cal elec­tions

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First Elec­tion in the coun­try that gave So­mali peo­ple a wide mea­sure of self-gov­ern­ment and au­ton­omy. A pro­file of those called to ad­min­is­ter the do­mes­tic af­fairs of the coun­try by Mo­hamed I. Trunji Wednes­day, July 08, 2020 In 1956, four years ahead of the end... More »



To­day in His­tory: March 26, 1969

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This is the date the fourth and last par­lia­men­tary elec­tions were held in So­ma­lia be­fore the coun­try fell in the grip of a mil­i­tary regime. The first par­lia­men­tary elec­tions were held in 1956, the sec­ond in 1959 and the third in 1964. Whereas twenty-one politi... More »