In Somaliland, the trees that yield essential oils are being exploited. So are the women. It’s past time for this billion-dollar industry to do something about it- Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, PhD. Founder, Save Frankincense What I had thought was serendipity turned...
By M.A Egge The regional governor for Dadmadeed region refuted press reports that an anti-government demonstration was held in Odweine. “I state that there was no demonstration held against the tour of the delegation led by the Presidency Minister Hon. Hersi...
EUCAP Nestor organized a Maritime Legislation Workshop in Hargeisa, Somaliland in partnership with the Attorney General’s Office from October 24th to 26th. Thirty-one participants – three of them women- came from the Prosecution Office, the Somaliland Coast Guard and Immigration...
By M.A. Egge Minister of Livestock Care and Rural Development, Said Sulub Mohamed and the director general of the ministry, jointly laid the foundation stone for the Prosperity Project of the Ministry of Livestock Husbandry and Rural Development in Togdeer...
What do Gayle Smith, Wendy Sherman and Susan Rice have in common? This past Thursday, Gayle Smith who is currently Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council directed by  Susan Rice, had her confirmation hearing to...
A local artist puts a welcome garland on DP World chairman Sultan bin Sulayem during his arrival at the presidential palace Hargeisa City, Somaliland. Pawan Singh / The National BERBERA, SOMALILAND // The ports operator DP World is bullish on...
This week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) assisted 143 Somali returnees stranded in Yemen to return home. A total of 46 men, 41 women, 26 boys and 30 girls set of by boat from Aden, Yemen, on Monday...
BY CHRISTOPHER CLAPHAM APRIL 14, 2015 The self-proclaimed but as-yet unrecognized Republic of Somaliland derives from the former British Somaliland Protectorate, occupying the northern part of the Somali-inhabited area of northeast Africa and the southern shore of the Gulf of Aden....
He was at the fore front of establishing blood-banks as he personally led the nation in donating it with his deputy following suit By M.A. Egge “We are able to save many lives that may have unnecessarily perished due to lack...
Somaliland is desperately poor, is not recognized by any country in the world and therefore does not receive development aid. But in the country prevail peace and democracy. Hargeisa, capital of Somaliland, wearing green, white, red. These are the colors...