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Somalia: Somali president names political newcomer as prime minister
MOGADISHU – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has named Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid as the country’s new prime minister, diplomats and a government source said, ...
Appointment of New President Signals Change and Challenges
ON MONDAY, Somalia lived up to its track record for never re-electing an incumbent leader. President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed lost to a political newcomer, Hassan ...
Somalia chooses new leader in presidential elections
Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after being elected by MPs. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP MOGADISHU — Celebratory gunfire erupted in Mogadishu on Monday night ...
An open letter to the new Chancellor-Elect of University of Hargeisa
Dear Chancellor-Elect Dr. Abdi Hussein Gaas, Congratulations on being elected as the new Chancellor of one of our most important and symbolic institutions, the University ...
Concerned Somali Diaspora and Civil Society Groups Demand Accountability in Somalia
Friday, July 27, 2012 To: H.E. Ban Ki Moon UN Secretary General Cc: H.E. Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga Special Representative toSomalia(SRSG) and Head of the ...
Mali’s Interim President Outlines Political Transition
President Dioncounda Traore, left, with ECOWAS chairman, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, Abidjan, May 2012. NAIROBI — Mali’s interim president, Diouncounda Traore, said Sunday he ...
The Abrasive Diplomacy of Somalia’s De-Facto President
The dire warnings of the head of the United Nations Political Office for Somalia(UNPOS), Mr. Augustine Mahiga, acting in his assumed capacity as the de ...
Video: Somaliland new president takes power
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Before jubilant crowd and large diplomatic presence in Hargiea presidential palace, the victor of Somaliland presidential election, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo was ...
Cabinet Selection Must Based Qualification
Candidate Silanyo, made an election promises, KULMIYE party attracted so many groups that made possible this historic victory, all gr0oups had their hidden interest, but only one interest matters most, which interest is that? Simple and clear that is the nations interest.
Somaliland: A Note of Advice to the National Advisory Commitee for the formation of new government
Since 1991, after the Burao peace and reconciliation conference that declared the proclamation of the state of Somaliland, there was only one unwritten policy adopted ...
President-elect visits president Riyale
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — President-elect Ahmed Mohamed Silaanyo paid a surprise visit to the outgoing President Dahir Riyale Kahin in his office on Sunday morning. A ...
SOMALILAND: President-elect forms new Commission to form government
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — President-elect Ahmed Mohammed Silaanyo set up a Commission of 15 members on Saturday to help him build his government before the July ...
An open letter to Somaliland President-elect: congratulations and stay away from Somalia
The Somaliland second presidential election was political milestone for the people, who voted for change at this time. Somaliland’s National Election Commission (NEC) proved professionalism ...
New Somaliland leader to fight for international recognition
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The newly-elected president of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamud Silaanyo, vowed Friday to campaign “vigorously” for international recognition of his breakaway republic in the ...
Somaliland opposition head wins presidential poll
* Opposition chief had been widely expected to win * Incumbent manages only third of vote * Supreme Court has to endorse results By Hussein ...
Somaliland Needs a Greedy President
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — Okay, so this is another article that will probably get me in trouble, but please; let me explain why I would make ...
SOMALILAND: President approves election date
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland President Dahir Rayale issued a decree today [Saturday 15th] saying presidential elections will be held on June 26, 2010, approving the ...
Somaliland President Meets French Foreign Minister and European Affairs
PARIS (Somalilandpress) – The President of Somaliland Hon. Dahir Rayale Kahin and his delegation meet French Foreign Minister and European Affairs Hon. Bernard Kouchner in his ...
SOMALIA: In the International Limelight For All The Wrong Reasons
Bristol, 10 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Somalia is a country that has been at war since the fall of the last government under General Siad ...
Somaliland President sends condolences for the death of Water & Mineral minister
HARGEISA, 21 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) — President Rayale has sent his condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the family and friends of Somaliland’s Water and Mineral ...
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