Hargeisa–The ministry of transport and road development yesterday started equipping public vehicles with the global positioning system (GPRS), a satellite-based system used to locate vehicles. The pilot project saw that ten vehicles belonging to government institutions were equipped with the GPRS which...
Somali businessman Farhan Warfaa, 48, was a victim of torture when he was 17. It’s been over thirty years since he last saw his abuser. Now Warfaa will finally face him in a US court thanks to universal jurisdiction...
Somaliland’s Local Councils were elected November 2012; in five years term which ended November 2017. On 6th March 2017, Guurti House extended their time to 28th April 2019. Presently; they are executing their day to day activity with no...
In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and online messaging systems, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Snapchat and Viber....
By Mike Mamo It is just over a year since the Oromo uprising of 2014 – 2018 help topple TPLF’s predatorystate. The eventual transition of the uprising into a nationwide resistance and its ability to inspire a team of internal...
By Goth Mohamed Goth The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Mr. Muse Bihi Abdi has today issued a Presidential decree No. LR 04/042019 in which he imposes a state of emergency in three districts of Eel Afweyn, Garadag and...
By Muthoki Mumo/CPJ Sub-Saharan Africa Representative on April 29, 2019 During a trip to Addis Ababa in January, it was impossible to miss the signs that Ethiopian media are enjoying unprecedented freedom. A flurry of new publications were on the streets. At apublic forum that...
Products from Tayo Plastics Factory expected to curb unnecessary importations By M.A. Egge The VP H.E. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismael Seyli’i has urged entrepreneurs who run corporations that are public liabilities entity to focus on globally standardized management such that they may...
Last week, a panel discussion was held in Hargeisa on whether to resume talks between Somaliland and Somalia. Inspire youth group hosted the discussion, which featured a group of five panelists, including Mr. Ahmed Ismail Samatar, James Wallace professor...
By Goth Mohamed Goth Hon Jama Mahmoud Egal, the Minister of Energy and Minerals Resources accompanied by cabinet ministers and Togdheer regional administration attended the opening ceremony of new offices of a minerals exploration and extraction company in the district...