Africa

Armed group attack Bula Hawo on the Kenya-Somalia border claiming they killed dozens of soldiers. Heavy fighting erupted on Monday in the Somali border town of Balad Hawo near Kenya after al-Shabab detonated a suicide car bomb and then stormed the military base there, the...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland non state actors (SONSAF) released by Briefing paper 8  about card distributions of Somaliland regions in Marodijeh and togdheer . Executive Summary On July 6th 2017, the National Electoral Commission of Somaliland (NEC) launched two events concurrently held in Hargeisa and Burco, the two...

MOGADISHU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Forty-two Somali students drawn from different parts of the country were Wednesday awarded scholarships to study in various universities in China. Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian said the students who completed their secondary education in Somalia will pursue both...

Mr  Haysom will find it difficult to reconcile the 2014 UNSOM-Federal Government Agreement with the United Nations Human Rights Due Diligence Policy he had invoked in the letter to the Security Minister, writes Liban Ahmad In 2014 the former Somali Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdirahman Beyle,  and Former SRSG  to Somalia Nicholas...

Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Guinea, accusing it of violating sovereignty and unity of Somalia. Guinea gave a red carpet welcome this week to the president of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi who is visiting Conakry. Announcement was made by Foreign Minister of Somalia Ahmed Isse...

By: Abdirahman Osman Gaas Abstract The Self-Help Group Approach (SHGA) was initiated in India in 1985 as a valid concept to eradicate poverty and empower the poor to become self-reliant and energized to overcome the challenges faced. In Somaliland, the SHGA was introduced in 2013 by...

By: The Guardian Scotland Yard is likely to question a married couple Farah accused of forcing him into domestic servitude The Metropolitan police has launched an investigation into claims by Sir Mo Farah that...

By: STAFF WRITER Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement in response to Opposition Parties Protests in Hargeisa. "The Government of Somaliland is saddened by today's incident in Hargeisa, where the oppositions organized unwarranted protests which are contrary to the laws and regulations of...

Horndiplomat-The United Nations Deputy Special Representative & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Peter de Clercq visit Somaliland to assess the emergency situation after Cyclone Sagar. The UN delegation led by United Nations Deputy Special Representative & Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Peter de Clercq meets with Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail (Saili),...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Human Right Center submitted a petition to the Supreme Court to challenge the yesterday's NEC decision banning social media . On the 10th of November, in a press conference by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) was declared the closure of Social Media starting from the voting...