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PM Roble: Elections for Somalia Lower House to start next week 

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Somalia Members of Parliament during a special assembly in Mogadishu on May 1, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

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Nation Media Group

Elections of members of the Lower House will start next week, Somalia’s Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said.

The breakaway northwestern region of Somaliland is expected to elect 46 lawmakers, PM Roble said on Sunday.

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