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Somalia: Somaliland Elections - Fifth Time Lucky?
allAfrica, 5 October 2009
Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected their president for the next five years. However, they did not get to the polls, since elections were postponed for… Read more »
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Somalia: Somaliland Rivals Sign Agreement to End Election Crisis
Garowe Online, 30 September 2009
The six-point agreement was signed on Thursday by Somaliland President Dahir Riyale, on behalf of the ruling UDUB party, and Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo and Mr. Faisal Ali Warabe, on… Read more »
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Somalia: Somaliland Postpones Election Again, No New Date
Garowe Online, 6 September 2009
Authorities in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have declared that presidential elections scheduled for late September have been postponed again, a day after lawmakers… Read more »
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Somalia: Hope As Somaliland Opts for Dialogue
East African, 5 October 2009
Political compromise in Somaliland brokered by international donors has helped avert violence but information on the ground point to a shaky truce that can break any time. Read more »
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Somalia: Somaliland Parliament Refuses Term Extension for President
Garowe Online, 25 September 2009
The upper house of parliament in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland has refused to endorse another term extension for President Dahir Riyale, Radio Garowe reports. Read more »
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Somalia: Keeping a Lid on Somaliland
UNIRIN, 15 September 2009
There is a need for all-inclusive consultation and support for local mediation efforts in secessionist Somaliland, which has recently experienced sporadic opposition and civil… Read more »
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Somalia: Chaos Feared As Somaliland Cancels Elections
East African, 14 September 2009
Somaliland is facing the ugly prospect of election-related violence akin to that which occurred in Kenya after the 2007 general election. Read more »
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Somalia: Who's Who in Somaliland Politics
UNIRIN, 16 September 2009
Since Somaliland unilaterally broke away from the rest of Somalia in 1991, it has prided itself on its relative peace and the development of democratic institutions, but political… Read more »
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Somalia: Somaliland Troops Seize Parliament After Lawmakers' Dispute
Garowe Online, 8 September 2009
Police and military units in Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland have assumed full control of the region's elected parliament, Radio Garowe reports. Read more »