The Geopolitics of Election in Somalia

[Deeq A.]

Historically, Somalia’s last direct multi-party election was held in Somalia on 26 March 1969, which was immediately followed by a military coup d'état in October of the same year. The military junta transformed the country into a single-party state making the Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party, the only legal political party led by the late military dictator of Siad Barre. After 21-years in power, barre’s government collapsed after clan-based armed opposition groups overthrew the Barre government in 1991, followed by nine years of chaos, anarchy, and violence.

Source: Hiiraan Online