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Voting Underway in Somaliland

   VOA News 26 June 2010
   Somalis  wait  in  a  long queue in Hargeisa, Somaliland to cast their
   vote for presidential elections, 26 Jun 2020

Photo: AP

   Somalis  wait  in  a  long queue in Hargeisa, Somaliland to cast their
   vote for presidential elections, 26 Jun 2020

   Presidential  elections  are under way in Somalia's northern breakaway
   republic of Somaliland.
   People lined up to vote hours before polls opened Saturday.
   Somaliland's   current   President   Dahir   Riyale  Kahin  faces  two
   challengers, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo of the Kulmiye Party and Faisal Ali
   Warabe of the UCID party.
   The  Islamist militant group al-Shabab has warned people in Somaliland
   to   stay   away   from  voting  or,  as  the  group  said  "face  the
   consequences."
   The warning was delivered via the Internet and attributed to al-Shabab
   leader Ahmed Abdi Godane.
   Saturday's  elections  come after Somaliland declared its independence
   in  1991.   While the region is more stable than the rest of Somalia,
   it is not recognized by the international community.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.

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