Voting underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland
Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years and comes as the Horn of Africa region is experiencing political tension.
Somalia Enclave Votes With Hopes for Trump’s Formal Recognition
It takes place against the backdrop of flaring tensions with Somalia’s federal government over a deal that will allow Ethiopia to build a military base on Somaliland’s coast on the Gulf of Aden. Incumbent leader Muse Bihi Abdi and challengers ...
What Somaliland’s presidential election means for Somalia
The Somaliland region goes to the polls on Wednesday in its sixth presidential election. The region, legally a part of Somalia, unilaterally declared independence in 1993 but has not been recognised by any other sovereign State.
Somalia: Somaliland Prepares for Presidential Polls Amid Regional Tension
According to the Somaliland National Electoral Commission, more than 1 million registered and eligible voters head to the polls Wednesday to elect their president for the next five years.
Somaliland Votes With Leaders Seeing International Recognition in Reach
Voters in Somaliland head to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees international recognition within reach after three decades of de facto self-rule.
Voting underway for presidential election in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland
Voting is underway in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential election that was delayed for two years
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The State Department’s futile and ossified approach to Somaliland advances Beijing's objectives in the Horn of Africa.