Somaliland Parliament ruled unlawful a joint decision by Riyale administration and National Electoral Commission’s to attempt to suspend the voter registration list in the upcoming presidential election.
The parliament also ruled that the NEC overstepped its power by participating in this attempt to suspend the voter registration list.
Mohamed Farah Hersi is an attorney and human rights researcher. He holds an LL.B (Bachelor of Laws)
from the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland, an LL.M (Master of Laws) from the University of Pretoria in
South Africa, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate
From militia disarmament, through reconciliations, building a national army, government institutions, to holding free and fair election for presidency, parliamentarian and local councils, Somaliland did all these in the absence of external donors. One thing that is attributable to this success was,
Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- The Hargeisa Regional Court has ordered today the release of the two Radio Horyaal journalists Ahmed Saleban Dhuhul and Mohamed osman Mire who were arrested for incitement of inter clan violence in El Bardaleh.
Somaliland upcoming elections and the strategy of the spoiler opposition
by Mohamed Khawi
Saturday, August 08, 2009
Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- The leaders of the two main Somaliland opposition political parties, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo of KULMIYE and Faisal Ali Warabe of UCID met with state department officials and members of US congress including Donald Payne, chairman of House Subcommittee on African Affairs and Global Health.
Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe): Puntland Information Minister, Warsame Abdi Shirwa, has been shot dead by two gunmen in Galkayo around noon today.
Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- Representative Dr. Ahmed Abdi Kinjande has delivered Tuesday during a parliamentary debate an uncharacteristically stinging attack on the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Somaliland over its recent decision to abandon the voter registration list, which he described as tantamount to “high treason”.
The journalist, Foosi Saleeban Aw-Biindhe, was arrested in Burao, Somaliland’s second largest city, by the police on the order of Burao governor, Jama Abdillahi Biin.
U.S. Embassy, Nairobi, Kenya Press Release August 3, 2009 U.S. Dismayed with Somaliland Developments The United States government is profoundly dismayed with the recent developments in Somaliland,