Ever suspected shortages of namesake for the new born Somali babies in Diaspora? Will you call your little son and daughter Ugaso and Guled respectively? In extreme cases, how about other exotic and super-religious brands like Abu Mansur or...
Hargeisa, 21 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somaliland, two journalists working for Radio Horyaal were arrested on 13 July, for allegedly inciting clan violence, and local independent Horn Cable TV (HCTV) has been banned. The International Press Institute (IPI) is...
Emily will be writing to Somalilandpress about her experience in Somaliland and will be offering tips to anyone who may want to visit the unrecognized republic along the way – discover Somaliland from a Non-Somali perspective. This is her...
Gabiley, 18 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Some 17 army trucks and their soldiers rolled into Elbardale farmlands on Thursday, shifted out of Sool region to help restore security following last week's violent clashes that left five dead and three wounded...
Hargeisa, 16 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) – President Dahir Rayale dismiss some of his cabinet and appointed others in a major cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday that's discussed what it could mean as the country faces critical time and a showdown...
Hargeisa, 15 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) –- It came as no surprise when Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace released their “Failed States Index 2009” three weeks ago that, once again, Somalia topped the rankings. What I reported...
Hargeisa, 11 July 2009 (somalilandpress) - The three Somaliland parties signed the new electoral code of conduct prepared by the Electoral Comission. The process which took longer than expected and in which the opposition accused the governmetn of delaying...
Hargeisa, 9 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somalilandpress reporter, Mr. Abdiqani Baynah along with another journalist from Qarannews Hasan Keefkeef have been beaten and briefly detained by the police in Hargeisa this evening. The two journalists were detained while preparing...
HARGEISA, July 8 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Authorities in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland are worried about a bad harvest and potential livelihood crisis for poor agro-pastoralists.
Abdikader Jibril Tukale, director-general of Somaliland’s Ministry of Agriculture, told IRIN: "We are very worried about...
Hargeisa, 5 June 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- The Somaliland parliament asked the Foreign Minister, Mr Abdillahi Mohamed Dualeh to appear in the house for questioning about the latest developments in the Somaliland's foreign policy.
The chairman of the Foreign Affairs sub-committee...