New political party formed in Somaliland

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BBC Monitoring International Reports via NewsEdge Corporation : 04/06/2001

Text of report by Somaliland newspaper Jamhuuriya on 6 April

A new political party known as UDSL [Union of the People of Somaliland] was yesterday inaugurated in Borama [western Somaliland, northwestern Somalia] town, Awdal Region.

According to our reporter in Awdal Region, a big party was held at a residence in one of Borama town's sprawling estates to celebrate the birth of the party.

Approximately 50 people among them clan elders, intellectuals and some youths from the region attended the celebrations. In the course of the celebrations, participants were briefed on the administrative structure of the party which is headed by Muhammad Hasan Ardale.

The new political party has a general council composed of 25 members, seven of these are also in the executive committee. The founding members of the party said they will publish the party's objectives and its aims in the press.  This party is the third of its kind in Somaliland.

Source: Jamhuuriya, Hargeysa, in Somali 6 Apr 01 p 1

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