By Mohamed Kunle
Somaliland has been seeking international recognition for the last decades, and the state has employed different instruments to convince the international community to recognize its statehood. Although the country has met the necessary requirements to become independent...
EXX Africa analyses the impact of an eventual ‘Brexit’ on three of the UK’s most important African markets: South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 28, 2016/ -- Following the UK’s surprise vote to leave the EU, EXX...
Written by Mohammed Dahir Ahmed
One of the somber challenges faced by Somaliland private sector is access to finance regardless of its form-Islamic or conventional. In a survey done by the World Bank, 48.8 percent of the firms surveyed in...
Michelle Bekkering and Gretchen Birkle
Parliamentary strengthening in Somaliland transformed its legislature from a 'rubber stamp' for the executive to a transparent law-making group that incorporates citizen input into decision making.
Somalis queue in Hargeisa, Somaliland, to cast their vote for...
Ethiopia’s Communications minister, Getachew Reda, and the Oromo Democratic Front’s Lencho Bati speak with ‘UpFront’:
• Reda says, “The government is more than ready to welcome ODF” into Ethiopia and “I don’t see any problem for to come here”
• Claims that...
Centuries have passed since Neolithic artists swirled red and white colour on the cliffs of northern Somalia, painting antelopes, cattle, giraffes and hunters carrying bows and arrows.
Today, the paintings at Laas Geel in the self-declared state of Somaliland retain...
By almariam
Justice Anthony Kennedy with Cal State San Bernardino Political Science Students and Faculty in 02/2015
On June 23, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Fischer v. Texas that the University of Texas at Austin (UTA) program which considered race, among many other...
By Bashir Goth
As the Somali people everywhere reflect on the 56th anniversary of 26th June and 1st July, the days of independence and unification, I watched Somaliland opposition leader Faisal Ali Waraabe branding 26th June as a worthless...
The day when the people's aspirations were achieved hence colonial yolks severed in Somaliland was commemmorated last night in the country.
The apex of the celebrations got underway at the presidency.
Earlier in the week the Head of State revisited the...
He calls for the populace to be steadfast on patriotism
By M.A. Egge
The Somaliland Independence Day gained from Britain in 1960 was celebrated last night in the country, with the climax of the commemoration being witnessed at the Presidency.
By the...