Kathryn Tickell presents a selection of the best new roots-based music from around the globe, including Ghanaian highlife, pre-Colombian flutes, and Somali funk.

According to the Somaliland National Electoral Commission, more than 1 million registered and eligible voters head to the polls Wednesday to elect their president for the next five years.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Presidential candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, center, casts his vote inside a polling station during ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Group of 20 has sufficient “shock absorbers” to function effectively if the incoming Donald Trump administration promotes an America First policy at the expense of ...

Polls have closed across Somaliland after presidential elections, and it appears Wednesday's voting across the breakaway region has gone smoothly. The Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC ...

Amid escalating regional tensions, voters in the self-declared state of Somaliland will vote on Wednesday in its fourth general election since its 1991 break from Somalia. While Somaliland now has ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi, center, casts his vote inside a polling station during the presidential ...

Voters in Somaliland flocked to the polls on Wednesday to choose a president at a time when the breakaway Somali region sees international recognition within reach after three decades of de facto self ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The opposition leader in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland was declared winner on Tuesday in last week’s election that gave a boost for the region's push for ...

Irro, 69, will need to grapple with the economy and the diplomatic fallout over Somaliland's coastal deal with Ethiopia [AFP] The opposition leader of the self-declared republic of Somaliland ...

Voters in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland have gone to the polls to choose a president in a key election that was delayed for two years. More than 1 million people were expected to cast ...