Somaliland Sun
Members of the Somaliland Elections Monitoring Mission 2021 at meeting with NEC in Hargeisa
Somalilandsun: Members of the Somaliland Election Monitoring Mission (SEMM) have arrived in the capital, Hargeisa, for a week-long visit to monitor Parliamentary and Local Government elections which are scheduled for Monday, 31 May 2021.
The Republic of Somaliland has held regular democratic elections since it declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, revoking a decision to join Somalia in 1960, which was followed by a brutal civil war in the late 1980s, during which its capital city, Hargeisa, was practically raised to the ground.
Although the central government maintains good relations with several foreign governments, it has never been formally recognized as a state despite a record of peace, stability and democracy.