President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has appointed a new electoral advisor.
Abdi Ali Rage becomes the President’s new electoral advisor with immediate effect.
His appointment comes a time when stakeholders in the country appear to be at loggerheads over the best electoral model to choose.
Somalia is preparing to hold the first round of elections on November 2020 followed by presidential polls in February 2021.
Rage’s appointment is critical since he is credited as one of Puntland’s founding fathers, a role he played between 2012 and 2013.