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Somalia, Somaliland
Al-Shabaab at the heart of the campaign

The battle for power in Hargeisa, with the presidential election [...]

Published on 22/09/2017 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilahi
Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud
Al-Shabaab
Cirro
Hersi Ali Haji Hassan
Kulmiye
Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo
Musa Bihi Abdi
Silanyo
Wadani

Somalia, Somaliland
Legislative elections postponed

The comparative success of the Wadani party in the presidential election of November 2017 in garnering 41% of the votes [...]

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Somalia, Somaliland
Hargeisa approaches Doha at expense of Abu Dhabi

The diplomatic strategy of the Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi (MBA) towards his Arab neighbours is somewhat confused at present… [...]

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Somalia, Somaliland
Musa Bihi Abdi isolated over the Emirates military base

The Somaliland president has been unable to wrap up a deal on the UAE base, and members of his own government are now starting to defy him…

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Somalia, Somaliland
An inclusive government on the cards in Hargeisa?

The Somaliland presidential election, in which three candidates - Musa Bihi Abdi (Kulmiye), Abdirahman Mohamed Abdilahi, known as Cirro (Wadani), and Faysal Ali Warabe (UCID) - were running, passed off without incident on 13 November.

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Somalia, Somaliland
Mediation begins between Hargeisa and Mogadishu

Somali and Somaliland representatives gathered in Addis Ababa on 16 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.11.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
A joint air authority on the horizon

Having tried to run its airspace on its own, Mogadishu is now seeking a joint arrangement with Hargeisa.

Subscribers only Business 20.10.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
Fears of post-electoral insecurity spread across the country

On 10 October, the National Electoral Commission published the electoral roll for the presidential election scheduled for 13 November.

Subscribers only Politics 20.10.2017

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, UAE
Whom did Musa Bihi Abdi meet about the DP World contract?

The Kulmiye candidate for the presidential election in November, Musa [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.09.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
The Emirates count on Musa Bihi to parry the Saudis

The Emirates government is prepared to support the Kulmiye party's candidate in the president election in Hargeisa. His opponent, meanwhile, is toeing the Saudi line.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

While Somaliland has taken Saudi Arabia's side, Somalia has adopted a neutral position in the conflict pitting Qatar against the Gulf Countries. And in doing so each of them struck hard bargains.

Subscribers only Politics 23.06.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
Ougas Abdirahman Diriye Ibrahim in prison

What the government of President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, generally known as Silanyo, attacked was a veritable symbol! Motivated by a [...]

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Somalia, Somaliland
Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, an Islamist in the Wadani party

Following his attempted constitutional coup in October 2015, the Somaliland former Minister to the Presidency, Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, has [...]

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Somalia, Somaliland
New government attempt to delay elections

First Lady Amina Mohamed Jirde, backed by the Minister for the Presidency, Mohamoud Hashi Abdi, dubbed Osama due to his [...]

Free access Politics 02.09.2016

Somalia, Somaliland
Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

The US State Department opposes the UK Foreign Office on the attempted coup in Hargeisa. The Americans accuse the dissident leader of being close to radical Islamists.

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Somalia, Somaliland
Silanyo ready to reshuffle his cabinet to prolong his mandate

At 80, Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud, aka Silanyo, is [...]

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Somalia, Somaliland
Heads of security and police weakened by Somaliland elections

The European Union (EU) and the United States Embassy in [...]

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Legislative elections postponed

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Hargeisa approaches Doha at expense of Abu Dhabi

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Musa Bihi Abdi isolated over the Emirates military base

Somalia, Somaliland
An inclusive government on the cards in Hargeisa?

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Mediation begins between Hargeisa and Mogadishu

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A joint air authority on the horizon

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Fears of post-electoral insecurity spread across the country

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The Emirates count on Musa Bihi to parry the Saudis

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Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

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Ougas Abdirahman Diriye Ibrahim in prison

Somalia, Somaliland
Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, an Islamist in the Wadani party

Somalia, Somaliland
New government attempt to delay elections

Somalia, Somaliland
Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

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Silanyo ready to reshuffle his cabinet to prolong his mandate

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Somalia, Somaliland Legislative elections postponed

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Somalia, Somaliland The Emirates count on Musa Bihi to parry the Saudis

Somalia, Somaliland Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

Somalia, Somaliland Ougas Abdirahman Diriye Ibrahim in prison

Somalia, Somaliland Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, an Islamist in the Wadani party

Somalia, Somaliland New government attempt to delay elections

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Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Somalia, Somaliland
Al-Shabaab at the heart of the campaign

Somalia, Somaliland
Legislative elections postponed

Somalia, Somaliland
Hargeisa approaches Doha at expense of Abu Dhabi

Somalia, Somaliland
Musa Bihi Abdi isolated over the Emirates military base

Somalia, Somaliland
An inclusive government on the cards in Hargeisa?

Somalia, Somaliland
Mediation begins between Hargeisa and Mogadishu

Somalia, Somaliland
A joint air authority on the horizon

Somalia, Somaliland
Fears of post-electoral insecurity spread across the country

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, UAE
Whom did Musa Bihi Abdi meet about the DP World contract?

Somalia, Somaliland
The Emirates count on Musa Bihi to parry the Saudis

Somalia, Somaliland
Hargeisa and Mogadishu choose their sides in Qatar crisis

Somalia, Somaliland
Ougas Abdirahman Diriye Ibrahim in prison

Somalia, Somaliland
Hersi Ali Haji Hassan, an Islamist in the Wadani party

Somalia, Somaliland
New government attempt to delay elections

Somalia, Somaliland
Washington and London’s monkey business in Hargeisa

Somalia, Somaliland
Silanyo ready to reshuffle his cabinet to prolong his mandate

Somalia, Somaliland
Heads of security and police weakened by Somaliland elections