Somaliland

By: Staff reporter Somaliland president Muse bihi Abdi has pardoned 484 prisoners on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. In a presidential decree, Muse Bihi Abdi ordered the state attorney general starting from Tuesday to release 484 inmates through Somaliland territories. © Horn Diplomat 2021

By CORRESPONDENT,  NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 – Pressure is mounting on Somaliland and Somalia to sit on a round table and sort their political and border disputes. The international community wants talks between the leadership in Hargeisa (Somaliland) and Mogadishu (Somalia) to re-open dialogue to end the...

Somaliland government is excited at the prospect of Uganda Airlines adding Hargeisa as parts of its new destinations. Uganda Airlines announced this week it will add three more regional routes to its schedule in the coming months to bring the number of destinations to seven. One...

Horndiplomat-Turkey’s new Special envoy to Somalia and Somaliland talks Dr. Olgan Bekar Meets with Somaliland President and Opposition leader. The Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi recieves Turkey’s new Special envoy to Somalia and Somaliland talks Dr. Olgan Bekar at presidential palace. According to a press release from the Presidency yesterday...

The Somaliland Government has refuted claims by Somalia nullifying an agreement signed between the UAE ports operator DP World and the Ethiopian Government to acquire a 19 percent stake in Berbera Port. The Somaliland Minister of Information, Abdirahman Abdillahi Farah, said in a statement that...

By M.A. EggeA ceasefire has been declared following a recurrent skirmish whose clashes has resulted in fatalities in El Afweyn.A delegation from the government of Somaliland, which was on a pacification mission in the El-Afweyn district of Sanaag region, where two...

By:Worldcargonews The completion of Phase 1 of the port’s redevelopment, which was completed in 2021, provided annual handling capacity of 500,000 TEU/year, although there are reports in the region that it now stands at 600,000 TEU/year because of more...

(Horn Diplomat- Hargeisa) The political autobiography of Hersi Haji Ali Hassan, the former Somaliland Minister for Presidency, continues to generate debates as to the veracity and legality of views he expressed about governance during the tenure of the former President of Somaliland, Ahmed M....

Unusually heavy rains and floods have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and destroyed crops in the Horn of Africa. CNN international correspondent Jomana Karadsheh travelled to Somaliland where people were already suffering before the latest rains hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhTmMkbJbMc&feature=youtu.be

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent The peaceful protest that Somaliland's opposition leaders announced turned into violent demonstrations after the police used tear gas and live ammunition against pro-opposition demonstrations, calling the ruling party of Kulmiye to hold the...