Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo goes into this year’s election knowing that the country has a history of not having re-elected an incumbent since some semblance of democracy was restored with the election of Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (2004-2008). Two of Farmaajo’s predecessors Sharif Sheikh Ahmed (2009-2012), who is credited with restoring order in Mogadishu, and his successor ...
