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Somali ex-president Sharif Sheikh Ahmed elected MP 

Somalia's former president Sheikh Sharif Ahmed.

Somalia's former president Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. PHOTO | FILE | REUTERS

By  Abdulkadir Khalif

Contributor

Nation Media Group

Mogadishu,

Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, a former transitional federal president of Somalia, was elected a member of the House of the People (Lower House of Somalia’s bicameral parliament) on Sunday.

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