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	    Somaliland's President Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro is the latest African leader to appeal to US President Donald Trump's transactional instincts by offering Washington a military base on the Red Sea and access to critical minerals...
	 
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	     However  the new President  Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro  still has debts to pay to supporters that will make realisation of his efforts at conciliation and compromise difficult...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     Somaliland's new president  Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro  who took office on 6 December after defeating Muse Bihi last month  had declared his support for the MoU with Addis...
	 
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	    The decisive victory for Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro with 64% in the 13 November presidential elections should be seen as the culmination of two years of politicking during which the incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi tried to delay and manipulate the constitutional process at the expense of his Isaq and non-Isaq opposition...
 New President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro confirmed his support for the MoU after recent meetings with Ethiopian ministers in Addis Ababa...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In May  Muse Bihi funded Mahamed Abdi's political association  Barwaaqo ('Prosperity')  whose purpose is to contest Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro  leader of Waddani party and one of the nine political associations...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The Wadani Chairman and House of Representatives Speaker  Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi 'Irro'  called on his supporters to protest peacefully  which they did  though boisterously...