Hargeisa, 29 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress)- Hargeisa is a city where the streets have no names and the houses have no numbers. But no one here is lost. Of course this precludes a postal system; but snail mail seems particularly...
Hargeisa, 28 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somaliland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Abdillahi Mohamed Duale was in a working visit in the U.S. during the period of July 13—24, 2009. The visit was in line with a periodic review...
Washington, 24 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Tensions have been rising in the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in the period leading up to an election campaign and a 27 September presidential vote. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is condemning...
Helsinki, 22 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Chairman of Somaliland’s second largest opposition party, Faisal Ali Warabe, expressed concern over Somaliland’s current uncertainty while on tour in the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
He warned Somaliland could be in for difficult times unless...
Hargeisa, 22 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Somaliland's biggest donors have warned the country explicitly or implicitly that aid assistance for the election may be cut or ended unless there is a satisfactory outcome to the post-election crisis including the...
Ever suspected shortages of namesake for the new born Somali babies in Diaspora? Will you call your little son and daughter Ugaso and Guled respectively? In extreme cases, how about other exotic and super-religious brands like Abu Mansur or...
Hargeisa, 21 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somaliland, two journalists working for Radio Horyaal were arrested on 13 July, for allegedly inciting clan violence, and local independent Horn Cable TV (HCTV) has been banned. The International Press Institute (IPI) is...
Emily will be writing to Somalilandpress about her experience in Somaliland and will be offering tips to anyone who may want to visit the unrecognized republic along the way – discover Somaliland from a Non-Somali perspective. This is her...
Berbera, 19 Jul 2009 -- Somaliland authorities arrested an MP from Somalia's transitional federal parliament on orders from Somaliland police Commissioner, Mr Mohamed Saqadi Dubad on Saturday.
Mr Abdalla Ali Ahmed, who hails from Somaliland, was also the former mayor...
Gabiley, 18 Jul 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- Some 17 army trucks and their soldiers rolled into Elbardale farmlands on Thursday, shifted out of Sool region to help restore security following last week's violent clashes that left five dead and three wounded...