June 2010 Archive
Former British officer votes in Somaliland election
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — On Saturday, June 26th, more than a million Somalilanders including a former British officer queued for hours to cast their historical vote ...
Israeli lied about Somaliland acquiring arms
The U.S. authorities’ recent arrest of an Israeli for seeking to sell arms to Somalia raises disturbing questions and answers By Yossi Melman At least seven ...
UDUB Party calls for delay in election results
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The ruling party of Somaliland has asked electoral officials to delay announcing results of Saturday’s presidential poll, saying there were “huge irregularities” ...
To beat piracy on the high seas, the EU and India should recognise Somaliland
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Last week the EU’s Head of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, arrived in India to ask for Delhi’s help in the ...
SOMALIALND: SONSAF post-election press release
Somaliland Non-State Actors Forum (SONSAF), who deployed the Somaliland-wide non-partisan election observers reports that the 26 June 2010 Presidential election took place in a general ...
SOMALILAND: NEC warns the press and political parties over predictions of election results
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) warned the contesting parties not to unilaterally announce any imaginative results that may confuse the public. During a ...
Should We Expect a Miracle Either From Kulmiye or UCID If The Election Goes Their Way?
As strange as it might seem, my answer is a resounding YES! Trust me, I have not been smoking funny cigars and if you spare ...
EU Heads of Mission welcome the Presidential Elections held in Somaliland on 26 June 2010
Press Release Local EU statement The European Union Heads of Mission congratulate Somaliland for the peaceful Presidential Elections conducted on 26 June 2010. We commend the National Electoral ...
AUSTRALIA: Somali man paid $525,000 for wrong conviction
MELBOURNE (Somalilandpress) — A MAN wrongly convicted and jailed for rape has been awarded $525,000 by the state government. Farah Jama, 22, launched his compensation bid ...
UK welcomes Somaliland elections
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Minister for Africa Henry Bellingham said ‘the process has so far been peaceful, and an example of the restraint that has contributed ...
From Sool to Salal – The Somaliland Democracy Prevails Again
Somaliland’s election was peaceful, without major incident and generally met international standards. More than a million Somalilanders turned out to vote in their fourth consecutive ...
Somaliland Election: 90 percent votes counted, observers say fair
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The presidential election in Somalia’s breakaway republic of Somaliland was free and fair, international observers said on Monday. More than one million people ...
U.S. court indicts Israeli suspected of arms trade with Somaliland
BURAO (Somalilandpress) — Florida prosecutors suspect Hanoch Miller attempted to bypass a UN resolution and U.S. law, both of which have an embargo on weapons ...
School clubs help Somaliland children overcome trauma
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — When Sabah Ismail Ali, a social worker in Somalia’s self-declared republic of Somaliland, first started working with children, truancy and aggression were ...
Somaliland election free and fair: observers
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Observers said Monday the weekend presidential poll in the breakaway Somali republic of Somaliland was largely free and fair and turnout high ...
Somaliland’s Vote Met Standards, Observers Say
BURAO (Somalilandpress) — Elections in Somaliland met international standards, said a foreign observer mission that monitored the vote in the breakaway region of northwestern Somalia. The ...
Somaliland election observer killed; ballots being counted
HARGEISA(SomalilandPress)–As ballots were being counted in Somaliland, a breakaway republic in northwest Somalia, officials said an observer from the electoral commission was killed. The former British ...
Somaliland Holds Credible Presidential Election – IRI
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — IRI found that Somaliland’s election was peaceful, without major incident and generally met international standards. Hundreds of thousands of Somalilanders turned ...
Vote counting to begin in Somaliland
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Authorities were expected to begin counting votes on Sunday in the breakaway state of Somaliland, a day after a peaceful presidential election, ...
Voting wraps up in Somaliland
ZEILA (Somalilandpress) — Voters in the self-declared republic of Somaliland queued for hours on Saturday to vote in the region’s second presidential election. Three men, Dahir ...
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