{"id":459675,"date":"2026-04-28T00:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=459675"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:51:24","slug":"president-hassan-sheikh-hosts-state-dinner-for-somali-traditional-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/president-hassan-sheikh-hosts-state-dinner-for-somali-traditional-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hassan Sheikh Hosts State Dinner for Somali Traditional Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2013 The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, hosted an official state dinner at the Presidential Palace in honor of Somali traditional leaders drawn from across the country.<\/p>\n

The President commended the elders for their constructive role in peacebuilding, reconciliation, state-building, and safeguarding national unity. He also briefed them on the government\u2019s achievements in security, democratization, institutional development, and decentralization.<\/p>\n

President Hassan Sheikh emphasized that Somalia\u2019s progress must include restoring citizens\u2019 constitutional right to elect their political leaders, stressing that this principle is non-negotiable. He called on traditional leaders to support the implementation of universal suffrage\u2014\u201cone person, one vote\u201d\u2014to ensure genuine representation and a transparent democratic system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain firmly committed to ensuring that the Somali people regain their constitutional right to elect leaders of their choice after 57 years. Incomplete electoral processes in the past have left us with many challenges, foremost among them insecurity,\u201d the President stated.<\/p>\n

In response, several traditional leaders expressed appreciation for the invitation and recognition, praising the government\u2019s visible progress in security, the fight against Al-Shabaab militants, infrastructure development, democratization, and decentralization.
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Mogadishu, (SONNA) \u2013 The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, hosted an official state dinner at the Presidential Palace in honor of Somali traditional leaders drawn from across the country. The President commended the elders for their constructive role in peacebuilding, reconciliation, state-building, and safeguarding national unity. He also briefed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":459676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-459675","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\/459675","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=459675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459687,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459675\/revisions\/459687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}