SOMALILAND HOPE RECONGNITION

Since breaking away from the rest of Somalia, the Republic of Somaliland has had four presidents.

.This monday Somaliland trooped  to cast their ballots in a presidential election whereby three candidates are running for presidential election , these are Mr. Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling party,Mr.Faysal Ali Warabe of UCID and Mr.Abdurahman Mohamed Irro of Wadani party.

There are 1,642 polling stations spread across 21 districts in Somaliland, which declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991.

The electoral commission spokesman, Mr Said Ali Muse, said from the capital Hargeisa, that the voting started at around 7am and the process was running smoothly.

The potential voters were being identified through a manual register and electronically.

“It is the first time that an iris (eye part) reader is employed in an election in Africa,” said Mr Muse.

There are 1,642 polling stations spread across 21 districts in Somaliland, which declared independence from the rest of Somalia in 1991.It is believed that with this election it will let Somaliland to be recognized international and hence become a member of U.N