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Democracy comes of age in Somaliland.(northern part of Somalia)
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Contemporary Review
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December 1, 2005
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- Simanowitz, Stefan
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THE rising sun reveals two long lines of people snaking towards a small concrete polling station in Gabiley, a town in rural Somaliland. Many of them have walked considerable distances and queued all night in order to vote in these, the first parliamentary elections held in the territory for nearly forty years. But although voters across the country have turned out in force, and although the election is deemed free and fair by international observers, the result will not be officially recognised beyond its territorial borders. Indeed, in the eyes of the international community, Somaliland is a country that does not exist.
Since its unilateral proclamation of independence in ...
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New African;
April 1, 2008 ;
Ahmed, Farhiya Ali;
708 words
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Peace oasis of Somaliland craves for recognition
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June 21, 2000 ;
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Murdered Britons the target of an al-Qaeda group, claims Somaliland
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March 30, 2004 ;
Gethin Chamberlain Diplomatic Correspondent;
628 words
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Somaliland prospers in nation of chaos, but still craves international...
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April 29, 2002 ;
OSMAN HASSAN, Associated Press Writer;
684 words
......in January 1991, Somaliland has enjoyed relative...Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, Somaliland's president, who...the Issak clan, Somaliland was a British protectorate...united with Italian Somaliland in 1960 to form Somalia. The international recognition Egal craves has...the majority of ...
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Ruling party wins breakaway Somaliland's first multiparty parliamentary...
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October 15, 2005 ;
OSMAN HASSAN, Associated Press Writer;
418 words
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420 words
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September 21, 2003 ;
Raymond Thibodeaux, Globe Correspondent;
787 words
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U.N. restricts staff to capital city after unidentified gunmen kill two...
AP Worldstream;
October 22, 2003 ;
391 words
......staff working in the breakaway republic of Somaliland to the capital city two days after unidentified...The U.N. has requested all staff in Somaliland to concentrate in Hargeisa and observe...Hargeisa. Oyaw Abdiwahid Ukash, a third international aid worker, was killed in the Gedo region...serious ...
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Voters Cast Ballots in Somaliland Election
AP Online;
September 29, 2005 ;
OSMAN HASSAN, Associated Press Writer;
348 words
......HARGEISA, Somalia Residents of the breakaway Somaliland voted Thursday in the first multiparty parliamentary...compete for seats in the 82-member legislature. Somaliland has had a parliament since 1991, but until...process of consultation rather than voting. Somaliland is a former British colony, which ...
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President of self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland dies
AP Worldstream;
May 3, 2002 ;
DINA KRAFT, Associated Press Writer;
563 words
......president of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, died Friday from complications in a medical...procedure at a South African military hospital, Somaliland officials said. He was 73. A statement...for independence of British-administered Somaliland which came in June 1960, four days before...air force ...
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Thousands vote in first multiparty presidential election in the breakaway...
AP Worldstream;
April 14, 2003 ;
OSMAN HASSAN, Associated Press Writer;
496 words
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