Somaliland

Despite financial institutions knowing women business owners have lower default rates than men, financial services are not designed to serve them. While half of urban female business owners are aware of the financial service offers, fewer than 10% have applied for a loan and...

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, Saturday, received Jama Mohamoud ‘Jama Yare’ (now popularly changed to ‘Jama Ceeryaan’), the father who positively changed the course of the El Afwein Clans Conflict mediation outcome on end of July. Father Jama was...

From the cave paintings at Laas Geel to striking colonial architecture, the people of this self-declared East African nation have good reason to be proud. It is well worth a visit, even if tourism infrastructure is lacking BY JAMES JEFFREY Rather surprisingly, as a Briton, I...

New York, January 20, 2017--Somaliland Attorney General Hasan Ahmed Hasan should immediately drop his appeal of a court's acquittal of two journalists charged with publishing false news and operating an unlicensed newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. An appeals court in Hargeisa, the...

By: Mohamed Duale Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer and author of the 2010 novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze and The Shadow King. Mengiste has published fiction and nonfiction dealing with migration, the Ethiopian revolution, and the plight of sub-Saharan immigrants arriving in Europe. Her debut...

The global ports operator DP World is building a container terminal in Somaliland, even though it is not internationally recognized as a country. We hear from its chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqXRB_SSNQ  

By: MoDuale Taiwan Representative to Somaliland Allen Chenhwa Lou on Sunday handed over 400 cartons medical supplies including Taiwan made surgical masks, N95 masks, PPE, protective clothing, and face shields to the Somaliland Ministry of Health. The Somaliland minister of health Omar Ali Abdillahi and Taiwan...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi has announced that his country is ready to resume talks with Somalia rivals after the talk was suspended for quite sometime. Somaliland President has made the remarks after holding a meeting with Somaliland diaspora community in the UAE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZzuvN1njMc&feature=youtu.be President Bihi said...

By Staff writer The President of the Republic of Somaliland Musa Bihi Abdi on Saturday 09/03/2024 officially enacted the Bills on the general elections laws into law. The Houses of Parliament in...

Horndiplomat- Livestock production accounts for between 60–65% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), employs over 70% of the population and contributes 85% of export earnings (MoNPD 2012). In 2014, a total of 3.4 million heads of livestock were exported, of which 3.1 million were...