The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland won last week’s election, the electoral commission has said. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the main opposition Waddani Party ...

Abdullahi, 69, from the opposition Waddani Party, won over 50% of the votes in the presidential election held on November 13, defeating Bihi, who was aiming for a second term after seven years in ...

He is running against Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, known as "Irro,” of the Waddani Party and Faisal Ali Warabe of the Justice and Development Party, or UCID. In an interview with VOA Somali ...

Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi of the main opposition Waddani Party received more than 50% of the votes cast. President Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye Party, who was seeking a second term after ...