By:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed
Recurrent draught in Somaliland is affecting lives and livelihoods. In the last 30 years there have been seven major shocks or “bad” years in Togdheer region alone of these six have occurred the last 15 years according...
Frustrated voices, suffering voices, indignant voices, afore-silenced voices, rightly righteous voices, critical voices are slowly building into a deafening crescendo against the lamentably poor, marginally legitimate, peripherally criminal health practices in present-day Somaliland.
In the late 80's and early 90s, one could...
In December 2016, Somalilanders initiated a Twitter campaign to vent their frustration about tweets from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). UNSOM tweeted about Somaliland’s participation in Somalia’s election, which led many Somalilanders to post about the...
Press Release
Tapping into the potential of Islamic Economy for the East Africa Market: Kenya will host the 2nd edition of the East Africa Islamic Economy Summit (EAIES 2017)
LONDON, United Kingdom, January 3, 2017/ -- The Islamic Economy has...
Press Release
Two main private internet providers have blocked prominent news website in Somaliland since yesterday, 2nd January 2017. Hadhwanaagnews website media has been inaccessible to the users of Somcable and Somtel internets.
Hadhwanaagnews was blocked after it published news article...
The ancient trade in frankincense starts here in the remote hills of Somaliland.
Frankincense, the dried sap of the frankincense tree, has been a valued commodity for millennia. Egyptian pharaohs traded for the gum, and Christians know frankincense as one...
Guleid Ahmed Jama
The Somaliland Minister of Civil Aviation confirmed that Somaliland accepted in principle the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to establish a military base in Berbera, but denied signing a memorandum of understanding.
Despite the denial of a signed document,...
Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, is home to about 800,000 residents
THE REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND, in the Horn of Africa, has many of the trappings of a modern democracy, including a constitution, a judiciary and an elected government. However, it has...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
The Somaliland Minister of Industry and Investment Dr. Omer Shoaib Mohamed who is currently visiting Egypt met with government officials and businessmen to discuss increasing trade exchange with that country.
The Trade Minister on Friday visited the...
By M.A. Egge
The Djibouti Interior Minister Hassan Omar Mohammed Burhan has revealed that the results of this government’s official visit in Somaliland over the week will be witnessed soon in the bolstering of bilateral relations between the neighbourly countries.
“We...