Somaliland: Kenyan Delegation In Hargeisa Finalise Consulate Set Up Plans
By:BUSIWEEK
A delegation from the Kenya Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa to finalise plans to open up a Kenyan consulate in the Horn of Africa nation.
Reports indicate the team has been in Hargeisa over the last fortnight working on the final plans that...
Trapped in Afghanistan, Rescued by Volunteers: How a Handful of Americans Freed 5,000 Afghans
By: The Wall Street Journal
Zack Vanmeter, a private equity investor in Naples, Florida, called the Somaliland government last week asking if he would accept thousands of Afghan refugees.
“He suddenly called me,” said Bashir Goth, Washington’s representative for the Somaliland.
Two days later, on August 25,...
Somaliland Ready To Take In Afghan Refugees: Official
By AFP - Agence France Presse
Somaliland has agreed "(in) principle" to take in refugees from Afghanistan, a foreign ministry official said Friday, as tens of thousands of people desperately flee the war-torn nation following a Taliban takeover earlier this month.
The militants have repeatedly promised...
Somaliland: a lighthouse of African democracy with limited women representation
This paper will examine the challenges that the women faced during the parliamentary and local council elections, the key lesson learned, statistics about the role of women in Somaliland Politics, and timely and context-based recommendations from the 2021 elections. Even though Somaliland civil society...
Somaliland Ruby and Emerald Occurrences
By:Ahmed Tahir
1.0 An overview of Somaliland Geology
Somaliland, a former British Protectorate in the Horn of Africa, has a very interesting geology and remains relatively underexplored. It is considered to be part of the Mozambique belt (Kinnaird & Jackson, 2000). The extension of Mozambique belt...
Education ministers of Somaliland, Kenya agree to enhance cooperation
By:Staff writer
Education ministers of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed dirie and Kenya George Magoha exchanged views on further enhancing cooperation in education.
Somaliland deputy representatives in Kenya Sharmarke gelleh, Director of Somaliland ministry of education Ahmed Abokor and other education ministries attended the meeting.
Somaliland is home to...
Somaliland Court sentences Policeman to death for killing Amoud University student
By:HORNDIPLOMAT AND HOL
A military court in Hargeisa has sentenced policeman Osman dirie burale to death for the murder of Abdishakur Ibrahim on July 5 this year.
The prosecution held that Burale ‘carelessly’ used his weapon ‘against a civilian’ which resulted in the death.
The Amoud University...
Taiwan Representative Office in Somaliland Celebrates the First Anniversary
"We celebrate together 1st anniversary of the establishment of the Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland and Taiwan Scholarships awarding ceremony"
Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland held the celebration of the 1st anniversary of the establishment and the Taiwan Scholarships...
Somaliland: SONYO and Danguud Consortium celebrates international youth day
By: MoDuale
Somaliland today joined the rest of the world in taking stock of youth’s achievements during celebrations to commemorate International youth day.
Ministry of Youth and Sports in partnership with SONYO Umbrella and YOVENCO, a member organisation of Danguud Consortium, hosts International Youth Day event...
Somaliland: Climate change is obliterating pastoralism, which employs 70 per cent of Somalilanders
By: @alice_rowsome and @YahyeXanas investigate.
SOURCE By: New internationalist
Climate change is obliterating pastoralism, which employs 70 per cent of Somalilanders. The government has grand plans to re-orient to the sea. But can foreign interests be kept at bay?
Sahil District, Somaliland, 2017. The driver was following...