Local EU statement
EU response to UN report on freedom of expression in Somalia
EU Heads of Mission in Somalia issue the following statement
Nairobi, 22 September 2016 - The European Union and European Union Member States congratulate the United Nations Assistance...
By Thomas C. Mountain (*)
UNICEF oversaw the starvation deaths of at least 250,000 Somalis, mainly children, during the last “Great Horn of Africa Drought” and famine of 2010-2012 (at the time the worst in 60 years) all the while...
I ran out of things to say, says British writer and former spy, now 78 (plus his wife says he’s too old to travel to adventurous places now), and declares 2015 memoir The Outsider his ‘swan song’
After a dozen...
Dahabshil Bank International (DBI) unveiled at the Somaliland Investment Forum, Hargeisa, the Powering Progress Fund (PPF or the “Fund”) which seeks to create positive impact through Sharia compliant investments in renewable energy technology used in MSME...
IGAD reiterated and reaffirmed Somalia’s succession from botched Somali Republic
The Somali Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Somaliyeed, Arabic: جمهورية الصومال ) was formed as new nation, following the union of the former Italian Somalia, today’s Somalia, and British Somaliland, today’s Republic...
Hargeisa, 20 September, 2016 – The Minister of Foreign Affairs met with the Deputy German Ambassador Markus Bollmohr, who was accompanied by Judith Hopp representing GIZ. This was the first official visit of the Deputy Ambassador since his recent...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
H.E President of the Republic of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo today submitted a written letter to the Chief Justice requesting a review of the Constitutional Court 2015 resolution on Election law.
The Letter stated as follows: -
To:...
His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland appointed an 11-member Board of Trustees for the University of Hargeisa (UoH).
In Presidential Decree No. JSL/M/XERM/249-4264/092016, the President stated that by putting this new board at the helm of the public...
PRESS RELEASE
September 19th 2016
“The Somali Legal System for the Maritime Police” - EUCAP Nestor Workshop held in Mogadishu
From September 18th to 19th , EUCAP Nestor organised a workshop on Maritime Legislation. Four Somali Prosecutors - two of which were...
The Kenyan State House did not mince words about its view of Somaliland and its sovereignty, self-determination, statehood, nationhood or status.
To Kenya, the 25-year old Republic of Somaliland is a ‘breakaway region of Somalia’.
Kenya, undiplomatically and without recourse or...