Opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro” has won breakaway Somaliland’s presidential election, defeating incumbent Muse Bihi Abdi. Abdirahman Irro, candidate for the Waddani (National) party captured 63.92% of the vote, compared with Bihi’s 34.81%, according to the electoral commission. A third candidate, Faysal Ali Warabe, received 0.74% of the votes. Ethiopia, Somalia, and the US embassy in Somalia were among those who congratulated the new president-elect. The international community hailed the election as “peaceful.” Musa Hassan Yousuf, chief of the Somaliland National Electoral Commission, spoke with Harun Maruf of VOA’s Horn of Africa Service