The United States barred on Friday travel by Somali officials and other individuals to the United States, accusing them of "undermining the democratic process" in Somalia.
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Somalia has pushed back a deadline to complete a parliamentary election from this Friday to March 15, a senior government official said, citing hurdles including insufficient funds and a row in one city over voting procedures. Somalia, where no central government has held broad authority for 30 years, is in the midst of a protracted election process to choose a new leadership that has repeatedly been held up amid a power struggle between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble.
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