Somalia's Top Court Rejects President's Term Extension
Somalia's highest court has rejected the president's move to extend his term. The country's first one-person, one-vote elections in many years are due next year, but that timetable is now in doubt. The ruling comes amid a wider political crisis.
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Context: For decades Somalia chose its leaders through indirect processes, so direct one-person, one-vote elections are a major change. Delays and disputes over the timetable have slowed the country's progress toward them.
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