What Somalia and the Rest of Africa Should Learn from Somaliland
On Monday, citizens of the self-proclaimed Somaliland lined up at over 1500 polling stations to elect their fifth President. Everyone, including the young and...
Breakaway Somaliland tallies votes amid social media blackout
Officials in the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland counted votes from a presidential election Tuesday, with a social media blackout expected to last several days...
Vote Counting Under Way in Somaliland Presidential Election
WASHINGTON/HARGEISA — Vote counting is underway in Somaliland after the breakaway republic held its presidential election.
Three candidates are competing to replace President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud,...
Why Somaliland is East Africa’s strongest democracy
DROP a pin on a map of eastern Africa and chances are it will not land on a healthy democracy. Somalia and South Sudan...
Somaliland’s voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world
Africa has become a testing ground for technological leapfrogging. This is a process that involves skipping stages and moving rapidly to the frontiers of...
Polls open in Somaliland presidential election
The self-proclaimed state of Somaliland will vote for a new president on Monday, hoping to continue a series of democratic transitions of power that...
Five things you need to know about Somaliland’s vote
Hargeisa, Somaliland - After a seven-year wait, Somaliland will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Here are five things you need...
Shuttering Social Media During Somaliland’s Elections
On November 13, the self-declared autonomous state of Somaliland will be holding presidential elections, the third since declaring independence from Somalia in 1991.
The incumbent...
Almost all Somaliland women have undergone female genital mutilation
In a breakthrough for the campaign against female genital mutilation, the three candidates in Somaliland’s presidential election — all of them men — have...
Somaliland is shutting down social media during election
Hargeisa, (HargeisaPress) —The National Electoral Commission ordered telecommunication companies to block social media from 13 November 2017 until election results are declared. Somaliland will...