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Somalia s clan system: undermining democracy? As the Horn of Africa nation struggles to reach a consensus on this year s general election, the country s controversial clan-based indirect voting system is under scrutiny. Under Somalia s indirect voting system, lawmakers like this woman seen here, cast ballots for the president Plans to proceed with Somalia s 2021 general election have fallen into further disarray, as the ongoing power vacuum and divisions between political leaders threaten to steer the country into a protracted political crisis. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed s term officially expired on Monday, prompting an alliance of opposition parties to claim it no longer recognized the president, and propose the creation of a national council of lawmakers, opposition leaders and members of civil society to lead the Horn of Africa nation. ....