Somaliland Election and its Impact on Horn of Africa Tensions
This week on Straight Talk Africa, Somaliland opposition leader Abdirahman Cirro defeated incumbent president Muse Bihi Abdi in the November 13 elections, with 64% of the vote. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but lacks international recognition. How will the new president navigate this complex political situation? Guest host Peter Clottey is joined by VOA Horn to Africa Service Acting Chief Harun Maruf, political analyst Guleid Ahmed Jama in Hargeisa and by research fellow at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Sheffield in the U.K.
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