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Somalia Prepares for Historic Banadir Local Elections

12/22/2025

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The National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) in Somalia prepares for Banadir local council elections on 25 December 2025.
Ballot boxes are deployed to 523 polling centers across Mogadishu's 16 districts.
Nearly 5,000 trained election officers, mostly young, will oversee voting for transparency.
More than 1,600 candidates contest 390 seats, and 400,000 of over one million registered voters have collected voter cards, with collection continuing to 22 December 2025.

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The National Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (NIEBC) in Somalia prepares for Banadir local council elections on 25 December 2025.
Ballot boxes are deployed to 523 polling centers across Mogadishu's 16 districts.
Nearly 5,000 trained election officers, mostly young, will oversee voting for transparency.
More than 1,600 candidates contest 390 seats, and 400,000 of over one million registered voters have collected voter cards, with collection continuing to 22 December 2025.