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Long queues were witnessed today in Somaliland capital Hargeisa, as the over 1.2 million registered voters went to the polls for the Presidential and Political Parties elections. For the first time ever in the self-declared country, the national electoral commission used iris recognition technology to identify voters.
Over 1.2 million registered voters go to the polls
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