Somalia: Ex-president arrives in Baidoa as presidential candidate
BAIDOA, Somalia - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed arrived in Southwest on Thursday, a state thought-about a battleground within the nation's upcoming polls, which has triggered a deterrent forward of the nation's elections, regardless of mainstream consensus.
Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who served as Somalia's president from 2009 to 2012, held a gathering with southwestern head of state Abdulaziz Lafta-Garen in Baidoa, about 250 km northwest of Mogadishu. The upcoming election dominated the talks.
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