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Nearly every woman in Somaliland was subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a child. Usually, a razor blade was applied to them without an anesthetic. Campaigners want the practice stopped. Halima Hassan cannot forget the day she was forced to undergo FGM. Now aged...

For Immediate FRelease Borama, Somaliland – 11 October 2023 - Today, the Somaliland Development Fund (SDF) is pleased to announce the successful completion and official commissioning of the Borama Water Expansion Project. The commissioning ceremony which took place...

By: TES MAGAZINE Tomas Duckling A trip to the Horn of Africa reminded this school leader how education can be a force for good in the world When I embarked...

By: STAFF WRITER Sir Gavin Williamson, Conservative Member of the UK Parliament for South Staffordshire, hailed the news of Ethiopia's recognition of Somaliland and called on the UK government "to show leadership and ensure Somaliland is recognized" "I...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland delegation led by vice minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Mr Liibaan Yusuf Osman arrived in Finland. The delegation met with some officials from ministry for foreign affairs of Finland including deputy director unit for security policy and crises management Theresa Zitting and...

By:ANADOLU AGENCY Ethiopia and the European Union signed a €650 million ($680 million) financial support agreement for the Multi-Annual Indicative Program on Tuesday. The agreement was signed by Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide and...

By Alex Zietlow - The Washington Times - Sunday, July 16, 2017 Though scarred by memories of election-related violence a decade ago, Kenya’s voters would rather have a fair and credible result in next month’s hotly contested presidential election than an inconclusive but peaceful vote. Analysts...

 Constructive engagement between the executive and legislative branches is  the viable option to prevent undoing progress in Somalia , writes Liban Ahmad The Somali Federal Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Mursal, issued a statement to the effect that the impeachment motion against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo still stands. The Speaker's intervention...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland regrets lack of consultation in the establishment of the Task Force on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on 4 April 2019. Somaliland Foreign Affairs has stated that Somaliland has a long coast of 850...

By George Obulutsa and Abdirahman Hussein | BURAO, SOMALILAND In a makeshift camp beside a disused airfield in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, 32-year old Nima Mohamed sits next to an open wood fire, boiling a kettle of black tea. Unless aid groups bring them...