Ururka Dadka Puntland

It is part of a broader campaign by political parties ahead of the Puntland Local Council elections.

Demonstrators drove cars and carried billboards with slogans in support of UDAD.

Farole, who was president for 5 years, conceded defeat, saying the election was "civil" and peaceful and became a model for the rest of Somalia.

"Puntland has shown the rest of Somalia and the world that the democratic culture is alive and well here, and this is what we should be guided by in the process of rebuilding our country," he added.

[3] On 23 August 2014, the Chairman of the Party Said Farah Sanwayne held a press conference in Garowe.