Somali president and PM back Northeast State leaders after Las Anod election

[Deeq A.]

Mogadishu (HOL) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre congratulated Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali, known as Firdhiye, and Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril on Saturday after their election as president and vice president of the newly formed Northeast State in Las Anod, even as opposition candidates accused the federal government of interfering in the process.

Source: Hiiraan Online