{"id":3478,"date":"2022-03-22T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2022-03-22T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T22:01:02","slug":"puntland-leader-deni-joins-race-for-somalia-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/03\/22\/puntland-leader-deni-joins-race-for-somalia-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Puntland leader Deni joins race for Somalia presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Deni who heads the oldest federal state in Somalia is entering an already crowded race for the presidency of Somalia, but his bid could now roil waters for several contenders including those who share his clan, or natives of Puntland.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke at a dinner he held in Garowe town, the capital of Puntland, some 1,000 km northeast of Mogadishu, in honour of the members of Somalia\u2019s bicameral parliament elected in Puntland.<\/p>\n<p>The grapevine on Deni\u2019s intention has been around for almost a year, but the closest hint that he was aiming for Somalia\u2019s top office was announced by Jubbaland State\u2019s President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe while visiting in Garowe town in November last year.<\/p>\n<p>At a special meeting with Puntland\u2019s Vice President, members of the cabinet and the members of the local legislative assembly, attended by Madobe and Deni, the former informed the audience about Deni\u2019s intention to run for Somalia\u2019s presidential palace in Mogadishu.<\/p>\n<p>Madobe stated, \u201cMy brother Said Abdullahi Deni is going to run for the post of the federal president and needs the support of all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puntland leader Said Abdullahi Deni on Saturday confirmed what had been rumoured for months, that he will be contesting for the federal presidency in the upcoming polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":3475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,15],"tags":[7,26,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-3478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-politics","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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