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Somaliland has freed a king, Osman Aw Mahmud Burmadow, who was imprisoned in April for attending the inauguration of a monarch in neighbouring Puntland.
Puntland and Somaliland are at loggerheads over disputed territory along their border in the Sool and Sanaag regions.
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Somaliland’s President Muse Bihi Abdi pardoned the monarch, who was sentenced to five years in prison.
Human rights organisations have condemned the self-declared republic of Somaliland of suppressing free speech and arresting people critical of the administration.
In April, a court sentenced female poet Nacima Qorane to three years in prison on “contempt of state” charges.
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She was also freed after receiving a presidential pardon.
