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Refugee Fadumo Dayib to run for Somali president seat 26 years after fleeing civil war

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Published on: June 15, 2023

Somalia is heading to presidential elections by the end of the years.

It’s a voting process that’s receiving global attention. Among the candidates is 44-year-old Fadumo Dayib. She’s hoping to become Somalia’s first ever female President.

CCTV’s Abdulaziz Billow sat down exclusively with Dayib, and also found out what ordinary Somalis think of a woman as president.