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Somaliland declared independence after the fall of the Central Government of Somalia in 1991. Early peace settlements and state-building efforts led to transitional government and early democratic contestations including presidential elections in a hybrid state framework. This emerging democracy in a conflict-torn region is challenged by weak accountability and power imbalances between the three government branches. Over the past few years, the current ruling party started to engage with foreign companies to carry out exploration activities in onshore blocks utilizing existing information on t...

Somaliland Sun Somaliland is the first country in the world to use the high tech Iris biometric voting system Somalilandsun: The complete 2021 record of the registered voters in Somaliland detailing the polling station, district, regional and nationwide tally is to be released soon. This is according to National Electoral Commission (NEC) upon launching the final exercise to update the voter register that targets voters registered in 2016 and wishing to change polling station or replace lost cards served. The electoral body flagged off the operation from its headquarters in Hargeisa from wher...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Somalia Trademarks Office resumed operations at the end of 2019, when the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued Ministerial Decree 1/2019, stipulating that trademark registrations are once again permitted. The decree is based on Somali Trademark Law 3 (1955), as amended by Law 33 (1975) and Law 3 (1987). Only single-class applications are being accepted by the office. Further, a trademark is valid for 10 years from the filing date of the application and may be renewed indefinitely ev...

Inês Sequeira The Somalia Trademarks Office resumed operations at the end of 2019, when the Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued Ministerial Decree 1/2019, stipulating that trademark registrations are once again permitted. The decree is based on Somali Trademark Law 3 (1955), as amended by Law 33 (1975) and Law 3 (1987). Only single-class applications are being accepted by the office. Further, a trademark is valid for 10 years from the filing date of the application and may be renewed indefinitely every 10 years. In order to register a trad...