Masjid al-Qiblatayn, is a mosque in which city, situated in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland, officially the Republic of Somaliland, is a self-declared state internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia?
Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Somalia) Masjid al-Qiblatayn (Arabic: مسجد القبلتين‎ ‎ ; "Mosque of the two Qiblas") is a mosque in Zeila, situated in the northwestern Awdal region of Somaliland.
Somaliland presidential election, 2003 Presidential elections in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia, were held on 14 April 2003. Results showed that president Dahir Riyale Kahin won by the slightest of margins. The outcome was initially rejected by the main opposition which led to some violence in the country, spurring Somaliland to ban public protests for a 10-day period on April 22. Nevertheless, the International Crisis Group labeled the election a democratic "milestone" for the breakaway state. On 11 May 2003, the Somaliland Supreme Court endorsed Kahin's victory. On 16 May 2003, Kahin was sworn in as Somaliland's first democratically elected President.