Somalia on April 15, 2025 launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50 years, a step towards universal suffrage ahead of presidential elections scheduled for 2026 in the volatile East African nation. [AFP] Somalia stands at a dangerous crossroads. At a time when the country urgently needs unity, institutional trust, and adherence to constitutional order, the Federal Government is pressing forward with an election process it claims is based on the principle of ‘one person, one vote’. Yet by every constitutional, legal, and democratic measure, the process falls far short of the minimum…