Somali presidential poll goes to third final round

MOGADISHU: MAY. 16 – Somalia is proceeding to the third and final round of voting for the election of the nation’s tenth president after the previous two rounds of voting by lawmakers failed to elect a new president.

Four presidential candidates, including Puntland State President Said Deni, incumbent President Mohamed Farmajo, former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire contested in the second round of voting after the first round ended without any candidate garnering two-thirds of the votes cast, or 219 votes required to win the polls on Sunday.