Tag: President Muse Bihi

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Bihi meets opposition chiefs to discuss upcoming presidential elections

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi on Thursday held a closed door meeting in the capital Hargeisa with opposition chiefs in what observers believe was to discuss about the upcoming presidential elections. In the meeting were the Presidential candidate of the Wadani Party, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro, the Chairman of the…

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Bihi contradicts his minister on Electoral Mediation Committee

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi now admits meeting members of the business community involved in unlocking the impasse between the government and the opposition parties. However the president did not divulge any information from their meeting nor did he commit to support the proposal by the business people to have…

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Somaliland election talks collapse as opposition accuse president Bihi for lacking commitment

Somaliland opposition parties have announced that the talks between parties and government, which were aimed at resolving the dispute in the elections, have collapsed. At a press conference in Hargeisa on Tuesday, UCID chairman Faisal Ali Warabe and Waddani chairman Hirsi Ali Haji Hassan said President Musse Bihi Abdi had…

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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 maintain that the president must commit to holding the presidential elections in November, the president has vehemently refused to give…

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Glimmer of hope as president Bihi meets opposition to ease political tension

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 negations to solve their dispute. This came after a mediating committee facilitated today’s face-to-face meeting. The speaker of the Guurti…

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Bihi fuels more tension as he announces party registrations will be held first

As political tensions in Somaliland continued to escalate over the delayed presidential elections process, President Muse Bihi has stated that the Political Associations registrations will be held ahead of the presidential elections in November 2022 throwing more confusion into the process. This comes just a day after the main opposition…

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Bihi meets opposition leaders amid escalating political tension in Somaliland

Amid escalating pressure to set the roadmap for the Presidential elections, Somaliland leader Musa Bihi on Monday in Hargeisa met leaders of the opposition to in a bid to forestall the growing political tension in the country. According to sources, the meeting was initiated by the European Union though the…