elections

Women and young people are playing a key role in building a democratic society in Somaliland, says a report on Somaliland's 2010 presidential elections by the international election observation team. The report, Somaliland: Change and continuity

 Somaliland’s young people are embracing democracy as the way forward to a better future for their country and its people, writes Progressio development worker Stephen Mwalo

Somaliland’s new president inaugurated in Hargeisa following final confirmation of June election results

Things appear to be back to normal in Honduras, a year after the 28 June 2009 military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya. Streets are no longer occupied by the military, media outlets critical of the government are no longer being shut down, and people are not massively repressed or confined in their homes under states of siege and curfews. Plus, a new President took office in January

Somaliland: Co-ordinators of international election observers give cautiously positive assessment for the holding of election