Vol 51 No 14 | SOMALILAND We’re here to be recognised 9th July 2010 Decent elections, an orderly transition and plans for investment bring hope at last to a small nation A credible vote will not bring prosperity without international recognition. On 26 June, Ahmed Mohamed ‘Silanyo’, leader of the Development and Solidarity Party (Kulmiye) was elected as Somaliland’s...
Vol 51 No 3 | SOMALILAND Third time lucky 5th February 2010 In the run-up to the presidential election, due but not confirmed in April, political squabbles are increasing. President Dahir Riyale Kahin accused his rival, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo of...
Vol 50 No 19 | SOMALIAUNITED STATESSOMALILAND American airlift 25th September 2009 When United States special forces landed near the Shabaab-held Somalian town of Barawe to assassinate and carry off several members of the Al Shabaab jihadist group on...
Vol 48 No 21 | SOMALIASOMALILANDPUNTLAND How many states for the north? 19th October 2007 Tension between Somaliland (created in 1991) and the much less firmly established Puntland (created 1998) has been running high. On 1 July, yet another state, Maakhir, was inaugurated...
Vol 44 No 10 | SOMALILAND Count and discount 16th May 2003 Mediation continues in a bid to calm the controversy following the 14 April presidential election. This saw Dahir Riyal Kahin, one of the late dictator Mohamed Siad Barre's...
Vol 37 No 4 | SOMALILAND Shrinking horizons 16th February 1996 President Egal hasn't yet managed to provide the constitution he and his country need Breakaway Somaliland, five years old and still unrecognised by the outside world, has acquired a national anthem. In a rare display of unity, President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal’s cabinet...