Crisis in Dirta Woqooyi

[Captain24]

HARGEISA, Somalia Mar 18 (Garowe Online) - The leader of Somalia's separatist republic of Somaliland has rejected opposition demands and has vowed to step down 'only to an elected president,' Radio Garowe reports.

Mr. Dahir Riyale, the president of Somaliland, returned Tuesday from a foreign trip with stopovers in London, Addis Ababa and Djibouti.

In Djibouti, Mr. Riyale met with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Ghelle where the two leaders discussed bilateral relations.

Djiboutian President Ghelle [left] and Somaliland President Riyale
Confidential sources in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, told Somali news agency Garowe Online that President Riyale requested the financial backing of the Djiboutian leader in the upcoming election, which was postponed from March 29 to May 31 by Somaliland's election commission.

Mr. Riyale's desire for hard currency to finance his re-election campaign comes at a time the opposition leader, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, has demanded that Somaliland's two houses of parliament vote to establish a caretaker government to lead the region until May 31.

But President Riyale rejected the opposition's demand, telling a Hargeisa press conference that he will leave office "only to an elected president."

He expressed confidence in direct talks with the UK Foreign Office Minister while in London, saying that it is "the first meeting" with such a high-profile official in the UK.

Somaliland's presidential election, which was originally slated for May 2008, has been postponed two times due to technical issues involving the voter-registration process.

Located in northwest Somalia, Somaliland unilaterally declared in 1991 but has not been recognized internationally.

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Source: Garowe Online
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[The_Emperior5]

captain oo somaliland isku mashquuliye war isku mashquuli taadii


in 5 4 3 2 1 and this treat will be moved

[laander8]

why do I come in such a good mood whenever I read Dirta Waqooyie
it reminds me of a lost rainforest or promised paradise


thanks beesha darood

best gift ever

[Babygirl-]

What is the diference between the 29th & the 31st?

[Xamari_76]

why do you care?..Somalia is facing the worst humanitarian crisis in Africa..yet you make a topic about somaliland

[Captain24]

Mar dhow way ka dhex qarxin, and we have the backing of Silaanyo and Habar Jeclo

Can't wait when 'the Uuunsi' clan siiiiilka dab looga shido

[The_Emperior5]

What is the diference between the 29th & the 31st?

29 march

and 31 may huuno.

[laander8]

MJPride

how come you as a majeerteen really know our subclans hand to hand , even though you guys live in waqooyie.
none of you really intermingles with Issaq
yet you are like a xayraan

[Xamari_76]

President Riyale requested the financial backing of the Djiboutian leader in the upcoming election

He better be helping...brotherly love + =

[Captain24]

Laandheer, what's your other nick?

I know Isaaq from top bottom thanks to my high school Habar Yoonis GF

[Xamari_76]

Your girlfriend in high school was Habar Yunis..Wanna cookie?

[Murax]

Horta is it Me or does Captain lead Somalinet in most moved topics

[Cali_Gaab]

Horta is it Me or does Captain lead Somalinet in most moved topics

LMAO