Somaliland Elections - Fifth Time Lucky? Oct 5, 2009
The term of office of the current president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, expired in April 2008, but the poll was delayed in order to complete voter registration. Since then, elections have been postponed repeatedly. (allAfrica.com)
Somalia: Who's Who in Somaliland Politics Sep 18, 2009
Dahir Riyale Kahin, who leads the United People's Democratic Party (UDUB), was elevated from Somaliland's vice-president to president in 2002 on the death of Mohamed Ibrahim Egal. He very narrowly won a presidential election in 2003. (allAfrica.com)
Somalia: Keeping a Lid on Somaliland Sep 16, 2009
In July, Somaliland president Dahir Riyale Kahin announced that he and the National Election Commission had decided to discard a recently completed hi-tech biometric voters' register, over the generation of an unreliable list, and would proceed with elections without it. This prompted opposition protests. (allAfrica.com)
Somalia: Urgent Food Aid Needed to Avert Looming Humanitarian Catastrophe Sep 5, 2009
The delegation met with representatives of various political parties and civil society, as well as other officials, and held a constructive meeting with the President of Somaliland, Dahir Riyale Kahin. The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, welcomed the visit and said he hoped it was proof of Somaliland's determination to move towards peace and compromise. (allAfrica.com)
Somalia: Election Ruling Rings Alarm Bells in Somaliland Aug 26, 2009
In late July, President Dahir Riyale Kahin announced that he and the National Election Commission (NEC) had decided to discard a hi-tech biometric voters' register that had recently been completed after two years of work, claiming that computer server problems had generated an unreliable list. A representative of Interpeace, a Geneva-based organisation that developed the new system and disputes the extent of the problem, was abruptly deported. (allAfrica.com)
In breakaway Somaliland, a bid to be stable regional citizen May 15, 2009
The president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, won the first free elections in 2003 and was rewarded last year with a visit by the then-ranking US diplomat for Africa, then-Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer. This year, however, Mr. Riyale has sparred with opposition leaders over the timing of elections, which have been postponed twice and now are set for October. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
