HARGEISA, 17 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The President of Somaliland, Dahir Rayaale Kahin called the leaders of the two opposition parties, Mr. Siilaanyo and Mr. Faysal for a consultation meeting.
In a press release from the government's spokesman, the President...
![The government said there would be a period of national mourning for seven days following Pierre Nkurunziza's death [File: AFP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/525a8174492d4efcb843237289c5f033_18.jpg?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Burundi says President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of heart attack")
The government said there would be a period of national mourning for seven days following Pierre Nkurunziza's death
Government statement on Twitter says outgoing president, 55, died at Karuzi hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Burundi's government says outgoing President...
Hargeisa, 3 August (somalilandpress) - An Ethiopian court jailed a Canadian for life on Monday after he was convicted of membership of a separatist rebel group fighting for independence for an ethnically Somali part of the country.
Bashir Ahmed Makhtal,...
BOSSASO (Somalilandpress) -- Tensions are said to be high in Bossaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, after a sudden shake up at the top echelon of Somalia's semi-autonomous region’s security establishment.
Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole" issued a presidential decree,...
ABUDWAQ (Somalilandpress) -- Somalia's Al-Shabab militants have seized a key-town from pro-government Ahlu Sunna Walajam'a fighters on Saturday, witnesses said.
Al-Shabab overpowered the predominantly Sufi group in the town of Dusa-Mareb in the strategic central region of Galgadud.
Witnesses said Al...
January 26, 2016
If the mass media is to be believed, Africa is hardly a continent brimming with opportunities for business. But for some time international business commentators have been positioning the continent as the next market with significant potential....
The unprecedented arrests and detentions in Kenya of seven members of parliament and a senator capped a wave of rising political tensions and violence on the streets. These tensions were inflamed when a member of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee...
Coronavirus – Africa: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 2, 2020/ -- African Union Member States (49) reporting COVID-19 cases (5,940), deaths (210), and recoveries (426) by region:
Central (409 cases, 26 deaths, 17 recoveries): Burundi...
The sudden resignation of World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has rekindled debate about leadership succession and the mission of the international financial institution.
US president Donald Trump has nominated his preferred candidate, David Malpass, who is known for his sharp criticisms of the World Bank...
Mogadishu, 17 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Somalia's Islamists, Alshabaab issued an statement to suspend the UN Mine Action program in Somalia. The statement which was signed by the organization's Office for Supervising the Affairs of Foreign Agencies accused the...