Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 after the collapse of Somali dictator Siad Barre’s regime and a subsequent civil war. Despite lacking global recognition, Somaliland has ...

The opposition leader of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has won the territory’s ...

The recent presidential elections in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have concluded with a landslide victory for ...

Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia, holds a presidential election on Wednesday at a time of diplomatic tensions in the ...

The recent presidential elections in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland have concluded with a landslide victory for Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, commonly known as Irro. He competed against the ...

An African country blighted by warlords and piracy has had $1.1bn (£860m) of debt forgiven by the USA. Somalia has announced ...

But Hargeisa is reportedly not happy with the results of the vote. Abdullahi’s political career dates back to the Siad Barre ...

In a conflict leading up to the overthrow of President Siad Barre in 1991, tens of thousands of people were killed in Somaliland and its main city of Hargeisa was completely flattened in aerial ...

Polls have closed across Somaliland after presidential elections, and it appears Wednesday's voting across the breakaway ...