Ex-Somaliland diplomat cautions against Somalia’s sham parliamentary elections
Press statement
Somalia will conduct something they will call elections within the next 12 months. Once again they will poach our youth and elders and...
Somalia: The State of Higher Education in Somalia-Privatisation, Rapid Growth and the Need for Regulation
By Abdi Aynte, 22 August 2013
analysis
Higher education institutions have proliferated in Somalia during two decades of civil war. More than 50,000 students are attending...
Alberta woman taken hostage in Somalia speaks out about sex abuse
CALGARY—As she was driving to a rally to raise awareness about violence against women, Amanda Lindhout started to have doubts about her plan to...
Somaliland is a functioning state. Treat it that way.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Dec. 26 that Israel would recognize the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign nation, a few months short of the 35th...
Mogadishu mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman dies in Qatar – report
Mogadishu mayor, Abdirahman Omar Osman has died in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, according to Farhan Jimale, a senior journalist at BBC News.
He...
AU’s investigations on sexual exploitation and abuse in Somalia: HRWG calls for action
13/05/2015
The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) on Somalia, consisting of EU member states, the EU, Norway, Switzerland and the United States has been...
Somalia’s rival factions spread across Mogadishu as they jockey for power
After months living at an upmarket inn close to Mogadishu’s airport, Somalia’s opposition leaders, including two former presidents and their armed teams, have decamped,...
Somalia awakens as East Africa’s oil province
Neil Hodgson
Spectrum Geo Ltd.
As Somalia announces plans to open its first offshore exploration license round in 1Q 2017, explorers analyzing new seismic data have...
Somaliland and northern regions begin voting for the House of the People
Six candidates were elected to the House of the People as voting for Somaliland and northern regions commenced today in the Somali capital.
The victorious...
The opposition political class is failing Somalia again: Somalia Deserves Better
Following Kenya’s infringement of Somalia’s territorial integrity after it deliberately breached directives from the Somali government instructing all flights from Kenya to route through...
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