Somaliland

Horndiplomat-The Republic of Somaliland enjoys a multiparty political system in which competitive elections is center to its pattern. Successive elections were conducted in Somaliland, including the municipal elections in 2002, the first competitive democratic presidential election held in 2003, and the parliamentary elections in...

On Monday, citizens of the self-proclaimed Somaliland lined up at over 1.500 polling stations to elect their fifth President. Everyone, including the young and the elderly, was eager to make their choice. But on top of choosing their leader, the residents also hoped to use...

International observers of Somaliland's presidential election congratulate the Somaliland people on a peaceful poll and look forward to a positive conclusion to the electoral process Following Somaliland's third presidential election on 13 November 2017, the International Election Observation Mission anticipates a moment of change in...

BY CALESTOUS JUMA Technological leapfrogging in Africa has so far focused on economic transformation and the improvement of basic services; Somalialand has now provided great possibilities. Africa has become a testing ground for technological leapfrogging. This is a process that involves skipping stages and moving rapidly to the frontiers of innovation. Technological leapfrogging in...

Election officials and observers in the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland say voting in the presidential poll, which has ended, appears to have proceeded smoothly. Some voters queued for hours before the polls opened. Somaliland’s constitution allows presidents to serve two terms but the current President...

 This presidential campaign may be the craziest, most divisive one in the history of the Republic of Somaliland. Don’t worry. I’m not going to get all political in this piece. Everyone is biased, and social media shapes and broadcasts these biases in profound ways. Every...

Hordiplomat-Somaliland Non - State Actors Forum (SONSAF) Released Press Statement about the Domestic Observation Mission on the Somaliland Presidential Election held on 13 November 2017 -Horndiplomat   Sonsaf Statement Somaliland Non - State Actors Forum (SONSAF) has deployed a total of 620 local observers on the Somaliland Presidential...

  On the 13th of November the republic of Somaliland described as East Africa’s strongest democracy, an oasis of peace and democracy and an example to the other country in the region has gone to the polls to elect its 5th president in the sixth...