Somalia to hold indirect election on October 10
SOMALIA will indirectly pick a new president on October 10, the prime minister has announced, potentially easing a political crisis brought on by a delay in holding the election. After a series of meetings between the main parties, clan elders will now pick lawmakers in September, who will then vote for a president on the new date, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble was quoted as saying by the state news agency (SONNA). Under the indirect election system, clan elders were meant to have selected lawmakers in December and the new lawmakers were due to elect a new president on February…