Vote counting is underway in the self-declared republic of Somaliland following Wednesday’s peaceful elections. In the capital Hargeisa, president Muse Bihi Abdi and main opposition leader Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullaahi Irro cast their votes early in the morning. Both have urged the citizens to vote peacefully. It could take the election committee up to five days to announce official results. Guleid Ahmed Jama is a prominent Somaliland human rights lawyer and analyst. After casting his vote in Hargeisa, he spoke to Harun Maruf of VOA’s Horn of Africa Service