UN, Western donors urge Somalia to speed up vote process
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The UN Security Council and Western donors have urged Somalia's parliament to speed up approval of new election rules to ensure an August vote is held on time, saying delays put recovery from conflict at risk.
Somalia, slowly rebuilding after decades of violence and still battling an Islamist insurgency, is due to elect a new parliament, whose members will in turn pick the president.
"The United States is increasingly concerned about delays in the 2016 Somali electoral process," the U.S. State Department said on Friday, adding the "legitimacy of Somali federal institutions" depended on a transparent and timely transition.
