Until recently the dusty streets of Somaliland’s capital city of Hargeisa were without a diplomatic neighborhood. The semi-autonomous country, which unilaterally declared independence from Somalia in 1991, has struggled to gain recognition from the international community as a sovereign...
LONDON and HARGEISA, Somaliland, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A team led by WorldRemit founder Ismail Ahmed has today launched Sahamiye Foundation, a philanthropic organisation focused on using technology and innovation to tackle Somaliland's most pressing development challenges.
Over the next 10 years, Ismail Ahmed's ambition is...
The Somaliland Electoral Commission has extended the voter registration process in Awdal, Maroodijeh, and Togdheer regions by seven days, following the completion of three days for the three regions.
The Electoral Commission's Card Distribution Operators will continue to participate in...
Taipei, April 6 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will join the Muslim world in celebrating the month of Ramadan with two events to promote cultural and religious diversity in Taiwan.
Yang Syin-yi (楊心怡), director of MOFA's Department of...
Their Excellencies the Presidents of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, and the Republic of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, spoke with another over a telephone line Tuesday covering a number of areas relating to renewed relations between the two...
The Somaliland government and the business community have agreed to partner up to purchase 300,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Speaking at a meeting with business leaders in Hargeisa, Somaliland's Minister of Finance Sa'ad Ali Shire said the Vice President.
"The...
by Abdirahman Adan Mohamoud
Last year late February, I was traveling to Hargeisa from Nairobi via Addis Ababa. It was weeks before World Health Organization declared COVID-19, a global pandemic. But considering the crowds at airports with minimum COVID-19 protocols...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
Mr. Omar Abdilahi Aden (Omar-Sayid), today took over the helm of the Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority from the outgoing managing director Mr. Abdi Mohamed Rodol. Muse Biixi Abdi.
The handing over ceremony held at the Civil Aviation...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
Dr. Mohamed Abdi Gaboose, today in a press conference held at the Haldoor Hospital in Hargeisa announced his retirement from politics and medical practitioner.
In a statement, read by Dr. Mohamed Abdi Gaboose to members of the...
BY GWEN ALBERS / UNITED WORLD COLLEGE
MONTEZUMA – Like generations before him, Yasin Yousuf was destined to herd camels, goats and sheep. However, fate took the 22-year-old from Somaliland down a most unexpected path.
A second-year student at the United...