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Somaliland took an important step toward stable democracy with parliamentary and local council polls on 31 May. To keep moving in this direction, authorities and the opposition should build consensus on how to run future voting and how to make the government more inclusive. ....
The authors were members of the international election monitoring team convened by the Brenthurst Foundation, and were based in the Sahel region in eastern Somaliland. A dirty white, bullet-pocked house, without electricity and running water, does not merit a second glance in the town of Burao high in the east of Somaliland. Yet this former colonial governor’s residence shaded by a giant acacia was the site of the Grand Conference of the Northern Peoples in Burao, held over six weeks, concluding with the declaration of Somaliland’s independence from Somalia on 18 May 1991. Since then, the Somalilanders have stuck with a winning formula, despite the absence of international recognition and the tepid democratic enthusiasm of much of the Horn of Africa. ....
BBC News Published image copyrightAFP People in Somaliland are hoping that Monday s elections will boost the breakaway republic s chances of gaining international recognition as an independent state, writes BBC Horn of Africa analyst Africa Mary Harper. I cannot wait to cast my vote, says 15-year-old Yasmin Abdi. I feel like a proper grown-up now, almost like I own part of my country. Eligible to vote in a society where 15-year-olds are considered to have reached adulthood, Ms Abdi is exactly half the age of Somaliland, which celebrated its 30th birthday on 18 May. Since declaring independence from Somalia it has not been recognised internationally but functions like a nation state - with its own passport, currency, flag, government and army. ....