A three-day workshop for police training in prevention of crime is underway. The seminar was opened by Police Training Commander Brigadier General Abdi Ahmed Tiir within the week convened by the police department and the UNDP in Hargeisa. A statement from...
The Somaliland government and the business community have agreed to partner up to purchase 300,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking at a meeting with business leaders in Hargeisa, Somaliland's Minister of Finance Sa'ad Ali Shire said the Vice President. "The...
By Ahmed Kheyre     The Somaliland National Party, Waddani, has a new recruit. Former UCID presumptive vice-presidential candidate Abdirashid Hassan Matan has signed up with Waddani. After resigning from UCID, Abdirashid has decided to throw his lot in with Waddani. Does this...
MOGADISHU 15 December 2009 (Somalilandpress)-The former Somali police chief, Abdi Hassan Awale ‘’Qeybdid’’ has been appointed a minister in the cabinet. In this mini reshuffle, Mr Muhammad Abdullahi Omaar (former mineral resources minister) has been named as the new higher education minister. Following a...
Kenya has allowed two aircrafts to fly to Somaliland to deliver electoral materials amidst suspension of flights to and from Somalia. Through a diplomatic clearance seen by The Brief by the Foreign Affairs ministry on Thursday, Kenya allowed two airplanes...
Turkey’s state-run aid agency, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), has established a greenhouse at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. The opening ceremony, Monday, was attended by the Minister of Agriculture of Somaliland,...
By Goth Mohamed Goth H.E Vice President Abdurrahman Abdallahi Ismael Salici, the Acting President of the Republic of Somaliland has sent a message of condolence to the family, relatives, and friends and traditional elders and fellow Somalilanders at large on...
The people of Somaliland are voting Monday in parliamentary and local elections, highlighting progress in the semi-autonomous region of Somalia that over the years has avoided the destructive violence plaguing other parts of the Horn of Africa country. More than...
Somaliland on Tuesday elected an opposition MP as Speaker of Parliament. Abdirisaq Ahmed Khalif, an MP from the opposition Waddani Party obtained 42 votes in a closely-fought election. The debate at the House was raucous and the buildup to the...
On the eve of Ramadan, Abdi Warfa, a faculty member at the University of Minnesota, flipped on the international news to find a shocking scene. A massive fire ripped through the expansive open-air market in Somaliland's capital city of...