September, 2009

Two Killed, Five Others Injured In Clashes With Somaliland Police

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.


At least Two People Dead After Police Fire On Demonstrators In Somaliland

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.


President Rayale Agrees To Reopen Parliament

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.


President Rayale Agrees To Reopen Parliament

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.


Somaliland MPs Held an Impromptu Meeting in South Hargeisa Following Closure of Parliament

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.


Leader of Somaliland’s Upper House “Slammed” The Phone Down On President Rayale

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.


Riyale’s Order To Close Parliament A Setback For Somaliland

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 [...]


UDUB MPs Tabled a Motion To Amend House Rules

 
 
HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- Twenty nine MPs from Somaliland’s ruling party have submitted a parliamentary motion to the Speaker of the lower House today to amend the House Rules so that MPs can have the opportunity to remove the Speaker by simple majority. 


An Open Letter Regarding the Deteriorating Situation of Somaliland

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 [...]