{"id":24370,"date":"2025-12-25T13:55:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexicopress.com\/?p=24370"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T00:07:26","slug":"somalia-holds-first-direct-elections-in-over-50-years-in-mogadishu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexicopress.com\/?p=24370","title":{"rendered":"Somalia Holds First Direct Elections in Over 50 Years in Mogadishu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24370\" class=\"elementor elementor-24370\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cfbd73 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7cfbd73\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-634532d elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"634532d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Residents of the Somali capital are voting in municipal elections on Thursday. 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