Guardian August 26, 2010 Torn between violent extremists and a puppet government, Somalia could look to Somaliland for a lesson in nation building Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP A young boy leads al-Shabab fighters on military exercise in Suqaholaha neighborhood in northern Mogadishu, Somalia. The escalating war for control of what is left of Somalia, between [...]
Category Archives: Somaliland
Minnesota’s Somalilanders celebrate their homeland’s democracy
August 22, 2010 – 6:19 pm
Minnesotal Spokesman-Recorder, US August 18, 2010 Issa A. Mansaray In late July, hundreds of Somalilanders in Minnesota gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate elected President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo Mohamoud’s victory in Somaliland. After President Silanyo, as he is commonly called, defeated incumbent Dahir Riyale Kahin in June elections, Somalilanders in Minnesota [...]
New Somaliland President Names Cabinet
July 31, 2010 – 4:04 pm
VOA July 28, 2010 AP Somaliland’s incoming President Ahmed Mohamed ‘Silyano’ Mohamoud, center, and Vice President Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismai, right, wave after President Mohamoud was sworn in as Somaliland’s fourth president, during a brief inauguration ceremony, 27 Jul 2010 Somaliland’s new president has appointed 26 ministers and deputies, in what he says is the smallest [...]
Somaliland: A radical change?
July 31, 2010 – 12:43 am
Al Jazeera July 29, 2010 Afyare Abdi Elmi Although the international media has under-reported it, the world has recently witnessed a major event in the Horn of Africa – a free, fair and generally peaceful election in Somaliland. On July 2, Isse Yusuf Mohamud, the chairman of Somaliland’s election commission, announced that Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo, [...]
Report says Pirate Attacks Down in 2010
July 17, 2010 – 6:02 pm
VOA July 16, 2010 Selah Hennessy Piracy attacks declined worldwide during the first half of the year, according to the International Maritime Bureau. But it says Somali pirates are increasing their range and capabilities. The coast of Somalia remains a major piracy hotspot, the location of more than half this year’s pirate attacks. But International [...]
Somaliland elections: Why the world ignores Horn of Africa’s oasis of stability
July 11, 2010 – 7:59 am
Christian Science Monitor, US July 8, 2010 Scott Baldauf The self-declared republic of Somaliland voted this past weekend for a new president. Somaliland is the one corner of Somalia that functions, but the international community refuses recognize it as a nation-state. Is the West scuppering its best chance for democracy in the region? Barkhad Kaariye/AP/File [...]
Rare Haven of Stability in Somalia Faces a Test
July 9, 2010 – 4:49 pm
New York Times June 26, 2010 JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Even the biggest towns, like Burao, are desperately poor. Slide show: The New York Times Jehad Nga for The New York Times Enthusiastic crowds gathered last week for an election rally for the opposition Kulmiye Party in Burao, Somaliland. The presidential election is set for Saturday. Somalia [...]
“Ballots and Bullets: The Tale of the Two Somalias”
July 7, 2010 – 6:56 am
World Defense Review Summary comments by author below; complete account here: July 6, 2010 J. Peter Pham, PhD. Senior Vice President of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Associate Professor at James Madison University, Vice President of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA). Dear Friends and Colleagues, My [...]
New President of Somaliland Fights for Recognition
July 5, 2010 – 4:54 pm
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE(AFP)/New York Times July 4, 2010 HARGEISA, Somalia — The newly-elected president of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamud Silaanyo, vowed on Friday to campaign “vigorously” for international recognition of his breakaway republic in the Horn of Africa. “During my tenure as president I will vigorously fight for the recognition of Somaliland. The world must recognize our [...]
Somaliland opposition candidate Silanyo wins election
July 3, 2010 – 6:11 am
BBC July 2, 2010 Map of Somaliland Opposition candidate Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo has been declared the winner of Somaliland’s election. Outgoing President Dahir Riyale Kahin had promised to accept defeat. He obtained 33% of the vote, compared to 50% for Mr Silanyo. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but its independence has not been [...]
