University of Pretoria awards Dr. Edna Adan Ismail from Somaliland the Chancellor’s Medal for her outstanding contribution to humanity.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe) – President Dahir Rayale has returned the commissioner nominees submitted by the opposition KUMLIYE party and the House of Elders to fill up the vacancies in the National Electoral Commission (NEC) following the resignation of all seven members of the commission.

A statement from KULMIYE party
Somaliland Globe, October 15, 2009 – In a statement released today, KULMIYE party warns that the recent agreement of Somaliland’s three political parties may fall apart if president Rayaale continues to undermine the electoral process including the formation of the new National Electoral Commission (NEC).

Somaliland stability ‘under threat’

Somaliland has been hailed as a beacon of stability in the troubled Horn of Africa region since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991. But BBC Africa analyst Mary Harper reports that some experts now believe the self-declared republic is at crisis point.

President Riyale with Mr. Saleban Adam Guurti
Chairmen

dHARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- President Rayale has today officially accepted the resignations of all seven members of Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) following the recent agreement signed by the ruling party and opposition parties under the auspices of western donor countries.

HARGEISA, Somaliland (The Somaliland Globe) – President Dahir Rayale Kahin today held a consultation meeting with the two leaders of Somaliland’s main opposition parties about the six point agreement sponsored by western donor countries that provide support for the on-going democratization and electoral process in Somaliland. 

Four members of the Electoral Commission, including the chairman, resigned a day after two other members also resigned bringing the total that resigned to 6 out of the 7 members of the commission. Their refusal to resign, as demanded by the opposition parties and the Donor countries that assist Somaliland’s democratisation process, has been a [...]

HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- The leaders of Somaliland’s two main opposition parties and the ruling party have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) put forward by donor countries that provide support for the democratization and electoral processes in Somaliland. 

 
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- A commotion prevailed in the Lower House of Somaliland’s Parliament over impeachment move against President Dahir Rayale Kahin in yesterday’s parliament sitting, leading to a fist fight between members of the opposition camp and supporters of the ruling party. 

Progressio, the Development Planning Unit at University College London (UCL) and Somaliland Focus (UK) express profound disappointment at the indefinite postponement of Somaliland’s long-overdue presidential election.