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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. The troubled Horn of Africa country was supposed to choose a new leader in February 2021 but missed the deadline as Somalia’s political leaders squabbled over the election process. The impasse turned violent when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, extended his term in what opponents decried as an unconstitutional power grab. The president ap…