Somalia’s next leader to inherit nation mired in crisis
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 16, 2016 A person casts her ballot in Baidoa. - Somalia will hold a long-awaited presidential election on May 15, 2022, ending months of delays, with the new leader set to confront huge challenges including a grinding Islamist insurgency and a punishing drought that has sparked famine fears. A record number of candidates are vying for the top job in the troubled Horn of Africa nation, which has been grappling with a political crisis since February 2021, when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's term ended without a new vote. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
A violent Islamist insurgency, looming famine, political chaos, and a threadbare economy in tatters -- these major crises and more await whoever wins Sunday's fraught and long-overdue presidential election in Somalia.
