"The Somaliland elections are set as planned," Mohamed Warsame Dualeh, former presidential advisor and current member of the Somaliland People's Party (SPP), told DW. "The National Election Commission (NEC) did all the preparations exceptionally well," he said, adding that the public is ready to vote, and there are "no reports of violence or confrontations in any part of the country."
"This election will end two years of political instability," according to Mubarak Abdulahi Daljir, a politician, economist and vice president of Addis Ababa-based Admas University. "It will further improve Somaliland's democratic credentials, and it will improve Somaliland's image in the international arena."
Somaliland's Berbera port offers Ethiopia a gateway to the Red Sea and further north to the Suez Canal. The recent agreement between Somaliland's leader Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a critical development that aligns both regions economically and geopolitically.
In January, Somaliland's leader Muse Bihi Abdi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Under the deal, Ethiopia would lease land from Somaliland to build a naval base, while Ethiopia would use Somaliland's Berbera port for international trade.
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