By: Maryam Mohamed I have recently visited my birth place Mogadishu after migrating with my family to London at the age of two. Visiting where my parents used to say “Mogadishu is where your umbilical cord is buried” was a...
It is a commonly held idea – jobs keep young people from participating in violence. The thinking goes that if there are ample opportunities, people will choose not to fight. Trouble is, that is not actually the case. Lack of...
The Republic of Somaliland ruling party – Kulmiye, today, clarified its stand on the forthcoming elections and its view on any delays to it in a grand meeting of supporters that overflowed the largest conference hall of Maansoor hotel,...
PRESS RELEASE Nr 10/2015 12 March 2015 On March 9th and 10th, seven judges, seven prosecutors and twelve investigators from Hargeisa and coastal areas of Somaliland participated in workshops organized by EUCAP Nestor. Purpose of the event, held at the Hotel Ambassador...
By Drew Costley Former abaarso student mubarik is one of several students from the northwest Somalian school to attend an American university. He is currently a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Something had changed in Harry Lee, who had...
By Goth Mohamed Goth The National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Wednesday announced it’s for the first time dispersing its representatives for an inspection tour of all regions and districts in the country for preparation of voters registration process which is...
By Goth Mohamed Goth H.E President Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud (Silanyo) today received Ambassador Cat Evans ,the new Deputy British Ambassador to Addis Abba, Ethiopia. During the meeting President Silanyo had lengthy discussions with the new Ambassador Cat Evans on which they...
BY HUSSEIN MOHAMED NAIROBI: Somali businessmen should lead in rebuilding their war-torn nation through investing in the country, an investment forum was told Wednesday. Speaking at the forum organised by the World Bank and the US Embassy in Nairobi, a group...
The general manager of Bolloré Africa Logistics (BAL), Eric Sanchez, went to Hargeisa once again on 4 February to try to find common ground with the Somaliland authorities about operating the port of Berbera. To be sure, BAL has...
528 miles of beaches, historic relics dating back to 3000BC and a 0% tourist crime rate: Somaliland makes a bid for visitors   Somaliland has been self-declared independent since 1991 but it is still not recognised internationally The Foreign and Commonwealth Office...