Somaliland Vice-President Ahmed Yusuf Yassin has attended a government organized gathering in his home region intended to boost support for his UDUB party.

Hargeisa (Somaliland Globe) — Dozens of Somaliland teachers demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Education in Hargeisa, complaining about the lack of payment.

The Somaliland Shilling (SlSh) has fallen against main foreign currencies including the U.S. dollar in the last few days amid reports of newly printed money arriving in the country.

Hargeisa (Somaliland Globe) — The Hargeisa Regional Court has sentenced Mr Mohamed Abdi Guled (Curad), the editor of Yool daily paper, to 5 months in jail for running “an unregistered” newspaper and printing what the prosecutor called a “fabricated information”, a politically loaded term that often refers to publicizing information that is critical of government [...]

Hargeisa (Somaliland Globe) March 17 – The Chairman of Somaliland’s leading opposition party, KULMIYE, has called for a caretaker government to be appointed to lead the country when the President’s term of office terminates on the 6th of April, Somaliland Globe reports.

Hargeisa (Somaliland Globe) — The opposition political parties are calling the Parliament to convene a national conference on the future of the country. The opposition call follows the fourth postponement of the presidential election by the National Election Commission (NEC) within the last 12 months.

Hargeisa, March 2, 2009 (Somaliland Globe) – Somaliland’s President, Mr. Dahir Rayaale Kahin left the country today for a visit to London, a government spokesman said today in press release.

HARGEISA 21 Fe 2009 (Somaliland Globe) – KULMIYE party has called on Mr. Dahir Rayaale, Somaliland president, to stop election delaying tactics and warned him from endangering the national security.

HARGEISA (The Somaliland Globe) – A group of members of the Upper House of Parliament failed to table a motion to change the law that allows removal of the leader of the House despite the leader’s repeated request for them to forward their motion.

HARGEISA (The Somaliland Globe) – A second attempt in as many weeks to remove the leader of the House of the Guurti from power is under way in Somaliland. A group of Guurti members, known to be staunch supporters of President Riyale, told reporters in Hargeisa “they want change the law to make it easier to remove the Guurti leader [Mr. Suleiman M. Adam]” although they did not give reasons for their actions.