The EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga launched the inaugural EU Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Programme at an outreach event held at Hargeisa University. Ambassador Berlanga encourages students to apply ERASMUS: “ I have ambition: at least 20 students of University...
By M.A.Egge The Somaliland police headquarters announced yesterday that they have swiftly taken disciplinary measures against a police officer who assaulted a guard at the main Hargeisa Group Hospital a day earlier. Incidentally, the assault on the guard was caught in...
Mohamed Kalil is MSF’s humanitarian affairs advisor for Somalia and Somaliland. He has been working for the organisation for over a decade and was part of the first emergency team deployed in Beledweyne, central Somalia, to respond to the...
Somaliland’s Minister of Information Hon. Ali Hassan Mohamed (Ali-Mareehan), said that Somalia cannot change anything about the agreement that Somaliland enters into with the Ethiopian government. He pointed out that every time Somaliland enters into an agreement with another country...
ElmiMedic in Hargeisa, Somaliland was founded by Rhoda Elmi, a member of the Somali diaspora in Sweden. ElmiMedic’s core business is focused on pharmaceuticals both prescribed and over the counter medicines, and health-related products. They have since then expanded...
The government of Somaliland is in the process of formulating a National Policy for development of Database Planning and Information flow of the ministries and public institutions of the country that collates comprehensively all information and statistics. The Ministry of...
On a starlit night long ago, as the story goes, three wise men brought gifts to baby Jesus in a stable. One was gold, the others frankincense and myrrh. Frankincense, like myrrh, was highly prized—thought to be worth its weight...
In order to understand Somaliland, it helps to turn to the esteemed pan-Africanist scholar Ali Mazrui. By Seifudein Adem The esteemed pan-Africanist scholar Ali Mazrui has resurfaced in contemporary discourse as Ethiopia and Somaliland signed a pivotal memorandum of understanding in January. Mazrui’s insights are...
Fahad Yasin who served in the Qatari intelligence prior to his strategic placement in Somalia’s Presidency and later as head of its intelligence agency is the de facto president of Somalia, according to Somalia’s political class discourse. Sources point out...
By M.A. Egge The chairman of the UCID opposition party, Eng. Faisal Ali Warabe, has strongly condemned a report issued by the Heritage Institute in Somalia which has proved their animociousness and hostility towards the people and the cause of...