Somaliland: Shipping the sheep for Eid al-Adha
By:Ashley Hamer
Berbera, Somaliland - Up to one million sheep and goats crowd vast, smelly pens across three quarantine stations in the searing heat and desert wind outside Somaliland's ancient Red Sea port town of Berbera.
During the weeks of the peak season, a steady stream of...
Somaliland:Female teachers in Somaliland aim for the top after graduating from management course
By Jamal Abdi Sarman
Hargeisa, Somaliland, January 2017 – More than fifty female teachers from across Somaliland could be set to become head teachers after completing a two year Diploma course in school management and administration.
The 53 teachers graduated from the UNICEF-supported course which was...
IMF Staff Completes First Review under the Staff-Monitored Program for Somalia
By:IMF
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Allison Holland visited Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from September 10 to 13 to meet with the Somali authorities and undertake the first review under the fourth successive Staff Monitored Program (SMP) (covering May 2019 - July...
Tigray regional capital Mekelle “100%” under control of former rulers, spokesman says
By: Reuters
The former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray regional said they were conducting "mop-up" operations on Tuesday against Ethiopian government forces retreating from the regional capital Mekelle and that the city was "100%" back under their control.
“Twenty-five minutes ago the active engagement in Mekelle was...
A journey to Somaliland: Africa’s self-made country
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia on May 18, 1991. It had been part of Somalia for 31 years and after decades of suffering and massacre at the hands of the central government of Somalia, says the foreign minister, they decided they had enough and...
Somaliland Civil society stand against media suspensions
By:Yahye Mohamed, Director of Solja
The Somaliland Civil society organizations spearhead by Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA) had an insightful advocacy meeting addressing evolving media violations in Somaliland. The civil society their expressed their stance against arbitrary media suspensions without the respect of due process.
At the end...
A record number of journalists are in jail, CPJ census finds
Turkey's unprecedented crackdown on media brought the total number of jailed journalists worldwide to the highest number since the Committee to Protect Journalists began taking an annual census in 1990.
As of December 1, 2016, there were 259 journalists in jail around the world. Turkey...
Somalia Bombings Lead To ‘Shameful’ Social Media Attention Comparisons
‘Why is no one talking about’ the terrorist attack in Somalia?
Twin explosions in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that claimed at least 263 lives has been compared to terror attacks in the UK to highlight the “shameful” contrast in public interest in African tragedies.
In what is...
New Somalia justice minister a Turkish university grad
By: Anadolu Agency
Somalia's new prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Monday appointed Abdulkadir Muhammad Nur, a Turkish university graduate, as justice minister in his newly announced Cabinet.
Nur holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Ankara University, and has also worked as a diplomat...
Law students following UNDP scholarship programme graduate from Puntland State University
Garowe 12 August 2018 – Twenty-five law students following a scholarship programme sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the European Union, were among those receiving Bachelor of Law degrees from Puntland State University this month. Four women were among the...