Africa

By Mohamoud Walaaleeye A Republic of Somaliland Diplomat met with the Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Moussa F. Mahamat at AU premises, Addis Ababa, where the AU‘s ordinary summit was underway. Ambassador Ayanle Salad Dirie, deputy Amb of Somaliland Mission at Ethiopia meeting with new...

BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper meets Somalia's most beloved poet in a rare glimpse into the country's soul. In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. His work...

Prosperity will support the republic’s bid for international recognition by: Saad Ali Shire   A farmer offloading goats at the morning livestock market to prospective customers; a teenager buying an ice-cold Diet Coke from a rural roadside stall; an entrepreneur paying for an espresso at a buzzing,...

Full Length Research Paper BY: Najah M. Adam Department of Diplomacy and International Relations, EUCLID University, Gambia. Received 8 May, 2017; Accepted 5 June, 2017 Key words: National security, basing politics, interests, actors, animosity, deterrence, collective security,collective defense. HORNDIPLOMAT-The presence of forward forces in foreign soil is not...

Horndiplomat-Introduction:Somaliland Non- State Actors Forum (SONSAF) was leading subsequent policy interventions in the areas of the extractive industries, these policy interventions aimed at promoting good governance and regular citizens’ participation in policy and decision-making process. The initiative of SONSAF on the national extractive sector commenced...

  Somaliland wants to reopen talks with the newly elected government of Somalia on security, economic cooperation and development, according to the autonomous region’s foreign minister. Speaking at a conference in London to mark the 26th anniversary of Somaliland’s contested declaration of independence, Saad Ali Shire...

Horndiplomat-President Ahmed Mohamed Silaanyo leaves office on December 13, 2017, after seven years and his presidency will become part of Somaliland history. How will you remember our current president? What is his legacy as a leader? As President Silaanyo prepares to end his seventh-year...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. – At Gideon Pond Elementary, the morning greeting is delivered by the principal. “Make a positive choice,” Chris Bellmont counsels his students over the school public address system. The principal may deliver the message, but a 23-year-old teachers’ aide makes it stick. “He is the...

Somali President, Mohammed Abdullah Farmajo, has been offered $80 million in exchange for his agreement to sever diplomatic relations with the State of Qatar, the New Khalij news outlet reported a prominent journalist has revealed. “After two hours of enticement, Farmajo rejected the tempting offer,”...