{"id":458355,"date":"2026-04-06T12:32:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=458355"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:32:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T09:32:30","slug":"national-electoral-commission-chairman-arrives-in-baidoa-to-oversee-election-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/national-electoral-commission-chairman-arrives-in-baidoa-to-oversee-election-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"National Electoral Commission Chairman Arrives in Baidoa to Oversee Election Preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2014 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Mr. Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, along with a delegation he is leading, has arrived in Baidoa, the capital of Bay region.<\/p>\n<p>The delegation was received at Baidoa airport by the Commission\u2019s Secretary General, Mr. Hussein Nunow Ali, who was already in the city, alongside other officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman\u2019s visit aims to conduct an overall assessment of ongoing electoral activities in South West State, accelerate the implementation of election plans, and review the country\u2019s broader electoral preparedness process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-559643\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463792133.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-559644\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463789137.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-559645\" src=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-300x200.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/sonna.so\/so\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FB_IMG_1775463785653.jpg 1600w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogadishu (SONNA) \u2014 The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Mr. Abdikarim Ahmed Hassan, along with a delegation he is leading, has arrived in Baidoa, the capital of Bay region. The delegation was received at Baidoa airport by the Commission\u2019s Secretary General, Mr. Hussein Nunow Ali, who was already in the city, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":458356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-458355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458357,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458355\/revisions\/458357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}