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

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 ...

Somalia’s path to democracy has been long and fraught with setbacks, yet moments of hope have periodically emerged.

At the national level, the ultimate winner is the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). The conflict in Las Anod suggested ...

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

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

Somaliland, a breakaway region in the northwest of Somalia, in the Horn of Africa, is holding its presidential election November 13. This self-declared republic has been de facto independent since ...

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

It was unsurprising, then, that a rebel group, the Somali National Movement (SNM), emerged in the 1980s to oppose Barre’s military junta, which had seized power in 1969. The SNM was part of the ...

At around 7am, all roads leading to Parliament, including the Parliamentary Avenue, King George IV Way and Siad Barre - both connecting to Parliament from Railways Ground, Kimathi Avenue ...

Most of Somalia’s debt accumulated during the military dictatorship of Siad Barre, which ended in the early 1990s and led to a civil war spanning three decades. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stated ...

Mention of Somalis – as in Somali nationals – conjures up images of the unstable Horn of Africa nation that has known little peace since the flight into exile in Nigeria of erstwhile President Mohamed ...