Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser, commander of AfriCom, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he expected the Chinese base on the Horn of Africa to be operational later this summer. Without getting specific, Waldhauser said he recently met with Djibouti’s...
  <img alt="Celebrities and social media stars united to raise $1 million in 19 hours to support food aid in Somalia." class="media__image" src="http://i2.cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/170318133440-social-media-stars-gofund-me-large-169.jpg"> Celebrities and social media stars united to raise $1 million in 19 hours to support food aid...
Press Release Somaliland Senior Water Experts Panel (SWEP) Established  Mr. Saleban Yusuf Ali (Koore), Minister of Water Resources Development of the Republic of Somaliland established high level senior experts panel on January 20, 2019. The members in the Somaliland’s Senior Water Experts...
The President H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo inaugurated yesterday a modern emergency services casualty department for the Hargeisa Group Hospital, the largest public health facility in the country. The President cut the ribbon of the facility which carries 50 beds...
The United States’ Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, appeared in the ‘Live At State’ program recently. A Somali listener, Saed Ibrahim, put a question to him. http://somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/VID-20181222-WA0007.mp4 The moderator read out the question: “The U.S. has announced almost a billion...
By M.A. Egge The Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Yasin Mohamud Hiir has had several meetings with both UN and US officials in a hectic and flurry fortnight of tête-à-têtes. The minister who is currently in the US has of late met...
By M.A. Egge The Upper House of Parliament’s session to discuss the postponement of the forthcoming general elections from March 19th 2009to the month of November 2019 did not take-off yesterday following what the Speaker of the Guurti Hon. Suleiman...
Abstract Worldwide recognition of gender inequality and discrimination following the #MeToo movement has been slow to reach the field of global health. Although international institutions have begun to address gender, the perspectives of front-line global health workers remain largely undocumented,...
M.A. Egge The new minister of education Hon. Osman Jama Adan took over the mantle of his portfolio from the outgoing minister Hon. Yasin M. Hiir who was moved to the foreign docket. Hon. Osman who happens to be a veteran...
In May 2018, Cyclone Sagar stormed across the Gulf of Aden and made landfall in Somaliland, disrupting the lives of over 670,000 people. Six months later, efforts to restore livelihoods are finally starting to show results. "On that night, strong...