{"id":59932,"date":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?guid=578ae4d569ccfa208d6eec7fc5b11ffe"},"modified":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T00:00:00","slug":"historic-day-for-puntland-state-of-somalia-as-people-cast-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/historic-day-for-puntland-state-of-somalia-as-people-cast-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic day for Puntland State of Somalia as people cast votes"},"content":{"rendered":"
A historic day for Somalia’s Punland State as people gather to cast their votes since 1967 which was the last time people voted in a one-man-one vote in Somalia on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Voters in Bosaso, Galkayo, Burtinle, Badhan, Dhahar and other towns in Somalia’s Puntland State turn out in large numbers for local government elections. <\/p>\n
Seven political associations compete with 3,775 candidates, including 28.2% women and notable representation of young candidates. <\/p>\n
Voters in Somalia’s Puntland State waited patiently, some over an hour before polling stations opened on Thursday morning, to cast ballots in the historic local government elections. <\/p>\n
People queued in lines to participate in the elections to mark the first election in more than 50+ years to be held in Puntland State. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Somali National News Agency<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A historic day for Somalia’s Punland State as people gather to cast their votes since 1967 which was the last time people voted in a one-man-one vote in Somalia on Thursday. Voters in Bosaso, Galkayo, Burtinle, Badhan, Dhahar and other towns in Somali…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n