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Three years have slipped by since President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud ascended to power in Somalia, a nation still navigating the delicate art of governance following decades of turmoil. Elected through a rather intricate indirect electoral model, where parliamentarians drawn from clan delegates select the president, this system has long been a double-edged sword. As his term inches toward its conclusion with merely a year remaining, discussions have heated up regarding how power will relinquish itself come next year.…