HARGEISA, Somaliland (The Somaliland Globe) – Somaliland Police and protesters clashed in running street battles today, leaving two people dead and two others injured, a hospital official told The Somaliland Globe.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe) – At least two people were killed and several others wounded today after clashes erupted between the police and demonstrators near the Parliament building in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- The leader of the of the Upper House of parliament, Suleiman Mohamoud Aden, and nine other members met president Rayale to impress upon him to reopen the parliament, which was taken over by the police on Tuesday, without preconditions.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- A cross-party group of MPs held an impromptu meeting in south Hargeisa last night after the Somaliland police took control of the parliament on Tuesday, Ahmed Mohamed Diriye, KULMIYE lawmaker, told The Somaliland Globe.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe) – Somaliland’s political landscape is changing faster than anticipated. The speed of events over the past few days has inevitably created an atmosphere of uncertainty and apprehension generated by the unprecedented closure of the two Houses of Parliament by the police.

Somaliland president who faces impeachment from the Members of the Parliament has ordered his minister of Interior to forcibly close the parliament for an “indefinite period”.
Heavily armed police and military units have cordoned the parliament building and surrounding areas. The police were ordered to enter the building later and close the offices of the MPs [...]

An Open Letter Regarding the Deteriorating Situation of Somaliland
To: House of Representatives- Somaliland
House of Elders- Somaliland
US and EU countries
We, the undersigned Somalilanders in the Diaspora, do hereby call for the two Houses of Somaliland’s parliament to impeach and remove president Dahir Rayale Kahin from office immediately because of his complete and utter failure to [...]

Police in Somaliland sought to detain Abiib Diriye Nur, a former minister and prominent SNM veteran, but his private security prevented the police from entering his house. This most likely is part of ongoing intimidation of the opposition political parties by increasingly confrontational Riyale administration. But will Riyale win concession through harassment or will the [...]

The AU’s Special Envoy to Somalia/Somaliland, Mr. Nicholas Bwakira arrived in Hargeisa today. His visit follows the departure of the Ethiopian deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Tekede Alemu from Hargeisa.
Mr. Bwakira is slated to hold separate meeting with the candidates of the three political parties and the parliament.