In what can be considered as another breach on the freedom of expression in Somaliland, government officials stopped the country’s former President of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin from speaking to …
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Crisis Group officials meet Speaker khalif to discuss political situation in Somaliland
Officials from the Crisis Group have made a visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abdirizak Khalif Ahmed to discuss the political, economic and security situation in …
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Traditional leaders miss out as Bihi and opposition chiefs meet in third round of talks led by two speakers
President Muse Bihi seems to have armtwisted traditional leaders out of the presidential election talks that entered the third phase on Thursday. A day after the president insisted that the …
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No light at the end of the tunnel as President refuses to give in to opposition’s polls demand
There was another stalemate a traditional leaders mediating the electoral dispute between President Muse Bihi Abdi and the official national opposition parties met in Hargeisa on Wednesday. While the opposition …
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Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has submitted a seven member list of the new Election Commission to Parliament for approval. The list comprises of six male and one female commissioners. …
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GABORONE, BOTSWANA — Botswana is hosting an international meeting aimed at strengthening democracy and adherence to constitutions in Africa. Participants are calling on African militaries and leaders to respect term …
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In what could signal hope to avert the simmering political tension in Somaliland, leaders of the three parties met on Wednesday morning at the Presidential palace and agreed to resume …
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The government has released two journalists who had been jailed three months ago for reporting about unrest at a prison facility. Mohamed Abdi Mohamed Ilig of MM Somali TV and …
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For Somaliland democracy to work, the government and opposition must agree on elections and seek consensus
By Adam Muse Jibril The Somaliland Political Stakeholders need to underline the delicate relationship between fragile democracy and conflict, and that the democratic order in a backward country like ours …
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Differences over plans to reshuffle Somaliland’s licensed political parties and the sequencing of elections have cast doubts over the electoral calendar since December 2021. In light of the legal and …