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By:Reuters Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said he was committed to free and fair polls after he signed an agreement on Thursday with leaders from the country's regions to hold indirect elections after delays triggered a crisis. Under the indirect election system, clan elders were...

By:Bidhaan Dahir BBC Somali service Somalis have been mourning the death of comedian Ibrahim Ismail, who was better known by his nickname Soran. He had been in hospital in Burao, in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, reportedly being treated for coronavirus. Soran, who was also a poet,...

News Release COVID-19 continues to spread globally to threaten people’s health and to cause massive economic losses. In order to assist Somaliland to combat the pandemic and increase its testing capability, Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland donated 8,000 antigen rapid test kits...

   This dual-election is unlike anything we have seen before.   Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Somaliland in May 2021, alongside local district elections. On 12 July 2020, Somaliland's three main political parties reached an agreement to hold parliamentary and local elections by the end of the...

Ahead of Somaliland’s long-delayed second parliamentary election and third local council elections on 31 May 2021, a team of 12 international observers is arriving in Hargeisa. The limited international election observation mission (LIEOM) has been invited by Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) and is funded...

By: Academy for Peace and Development   Introduction May 2021 marks an important milestone in modern Somaliland history. It will now be 30 years since the country established its de facto statehood and reached its unilateral dissolution from Somalia. In just the past three decades, an impressive...

By:Anadolu Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani arrived in Khartoum late Sunday for talks with Sudanese officials on ways of enhancing bilateral relations. During his two-day visit, the top Qatari diplomat will meet with head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Prime Minister...

By:Mohamed Gahayr and Muse Jeeh The people of Somaliland have been electing their political representatives for almost two decades. From 2002 to 2017, Somaliland held a number of different elections, including Presidential, local council and parliamentary elections. The process had begun with formation of the...

A Pre-Election Report Published by Center for Policy Analysis (CPA) This May of 2021 is a very historic month. It is the 30th anniversary1 of Somaliland’s Statehood, the 20th anniversary2 of Somaliland’s Multiparty Democracy, and the first time to hold two elections together. After 10 years...

By: BBC AFRICA The European Union (EU) intends to invest 1bn euros ($1.2bn; £859m) to build Covid vaccine-manufacturing hubs in Africa. It will also donate at least 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccines to low- and middle-income countries by the end of the year, Ursula von...