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Somali Parliament To Hold First Session After Eid
The photo shows the destroyed Somali parliament building in 2010, which sits on hilltop in Mogadishu. It got renovated this year by Turkish aid agencies ...
Top Somali leaders vie for presidential contest
MOGADISHU — The three top leaders of the Somali government namely the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the outgoing parliament have all ...
Somali presidential candidates strike unity deal as election draws
MOGADISHU — Thirteen presidential hopefuls have announced that they have formed a coalition as the battle for battle-weary Somalia’s top seat hots up. The candidates, ...
EGYPT: Mohamed Mursi wins historical vote
Mohamed Mursi waves after casting his ballot at a polling station in the city of Zagazig on June 16, 2012. Photographer: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images CAIRO ...
Why Hiil Qaran Party Will Not Have a Significant Impact on the Politics of Somalia
OPINION | May 15, 2012 by Hussein Samatar On Saturday, May 12th the weather in Minneapolis was exquisite. It was sunny and beautiful day. It ...
Guinea security forces clash with protesters
CONAKRY — Guinea security forces used guns, teargas and truncheons on Thursday to scatter protesters angered by the government’s handling of upcoming parliamentary elections, witnesses ...
Somaliland: First Thematic Conference on Judicial Reform
Somaliland Minister of Justice Hon Hussein Ahmed Aidiid today opened the first thematic conference on Judicial Reform which was held at hotel Mansoor in Hargeisa. ...
President Silanyo of Somaliland speaks at the London Conference on Somalia
LONDON-President Silanyo of Somaliland speaks at the London Conference on Somalia, 23 February 2012, here is the audio version of Somaliland President’s Silaanyo’s speech at ...
I am the next President of Somaliland
By Ahmed Ali Aden Wednesday, January 11, 2012 When president Silanyo has called for the immediate creation of the committee which will advise the president ...
Somaliland and Mogadishu congratulate Guelleh on election victory
HARGEISA — President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo has congratulated Djibouti President Ismael O. Guelleh (IOG) on his third election win and paid tribute to the people ...
President Guelleh wins Djibouti poll
DJIBOUTI — Results from presidential elections in the tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti – third since 1994 reconciliation – show a massive win ...
PRESS RELEASE: President Guelleh has shattered hopes of a free and fair election – Boreh
March 30, 2011 For immediate release Abdourahman Boreh: President Guelleh has shattered hopes of a free & fair election LONDON — The people of Djibouti ...
Djibouti opposition boycotts presidential election
Opposition figure says polls will not be free and fair Urges voters to boycott the presidential election President Guelleh has been in power since 1999 ...
Djiboutian Opposition to Protest Against President
NEW YORK — Opposition parties in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa nation that hosts the only U.S. military base on the continent, plan to demand ...
Innovation Democracy Travels to Somaliland
A well known professor from Finland who visited to Somaliland a week ago has created an Article about her experience in Somaliland and urges the ...
Sonyo Election: Intense But Peaceful Transfer Of Power
I was standing inside a hall at Ambassador Hotel. With the right hand on my chest, I was singing the national anthem. Around me were ...
Egypt set for key elections marred by clashes
CAIRO (Somalilandpress) — Egyptians are due to go to the polls in parliamentary elections, in a process which has already seen clashes between the opposition ...
In East Africa, A Bright Spot Amid The Anarchy
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Most of the news from Somalia comes from the capital, Mogadishu, and it’s mostly bad. But there is a different part of ...
USAID: Democracy Triumphs with Somaliland’s Second Peaceful Election
WASHINGTON (Somalilandpress) — This summer, Somaliland’s presidential election marked a rare, peaceful democratic transition in the greater Horn of Africa. On June 26, the lead ...
Minnesota’s Somalilanders celebrate their homeland’s democracy
In late July, hundreds of Somalilanders in Minnesota gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate elected President Ahmed Mohamed “Silanyo” Mohamoud’s victory ...
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