Algeria inaugurates Africa's largest mosque after years of political delays and cost overruns
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Time running out on Somalia's troubled vote as citizens sigh
Two regional states refuse to take part, and time is running out before the Feb. 8 date when mandates expire. Instead, the federal government and states agreed on another โindirect election,โ with senators and members of parliament elected by community leaders โ delegates of powerful clans โ in each member state. Members of parliament and senators then elect Somalia's president. You were given to lead a united people in a peaceful way,โ said one former president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. AdHe also warned that Jubbaland and Puntland could go the way of Somaliland, with Somalia's unity at stake.