Somalia on lockdown ahead of presidential elections
By AlJazeera
07 February 2017 |
10:17 am
Somalia's capital is under a 48-hour lockdown before MPs elect the next president on Wednesday.The vote was delayed after several attacks by the armed group al-Shabab.
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