Somalia to end indirect voting with new suffrage bill

Somalia’s cabinet approved a bill that, if passed by parliament, will reintroduce universal suffrage for the first time in 55 years, marking the end of indirect voting, as stated by the government’s spokesperson Farhan Jimale.

Amid significant insecurity due to an Islamist insurgency and unstable state frameworks, presidents have been elected by lawmakers, who are themselves chosen by clan heads and elders.

The bills will have to be…