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Presidential elections were held in Somaliland on 13 November 2024. In the election, incumbent President Muse Bihi Abdi of the Kulmiye party was seeking a second and final term in office against the opposition candidates Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Irro" of the Waddani party, and Faysal Ali Warabe of the UCID party.
Elections were held in Somaliland on November 13, 2024 concurrently with the 2024 Somaliland presidential election to select the three official national political parties of the country for a period of ten years. The three currently existing political parties along with seven newly formed political associations contested the election. [1]
Somaliland elects on national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature. The president is elected by the people for a five-year term. The Parliament (Baarlamaanka) has two chambers. The House of Representatives (Golaha Wakiilada) will have 82 members, elected for a five-year term.
The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland was declared winner on Tuesday in last week’s election that gave a boost for the region's push for international recognition ...
August 28: At least nine people are killed in fighting between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland soldiers near the town of Goof, close to Erigavo in the southeastern part of the Sanaag region. November 13: 2024 Somaliland presidential election: Incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi loses reelection to Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi by a landslide. [2]
The National Electoral Commission (NEC) (Somali: Komishanka Doorashooyinka Qaranka Somaliland; Arabic: لجنة الانتخابات الوطنية في صوماليلاند) is the national election commission of Somaliland.
Like the 2017 presidential election, the parliamentary election used iris recognition technology; the 2017 election marked the first time such technology was used for a national election. [ 4 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The 2021 election had 2,709 polling stations, an increase of 61 percent from 2017, with more than 30,000 people staffing the polls. [ 16 ]
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia on Tuesday rejected a pact its breakaway region of Somaliland signed with Ethiopia allowing it to use a major port with access to the Red Sea in return for recognition ...