Somaliland

By: Mohamed Duale Somaliland closes all land borders and halts movements except Food commodities, fuel and Medicine amid fears of COVID-19. Horndiplomat reports The government of Somaliland also imposed all Airport arrivals will be placed in a compulsory quarantine for 14 days of their expenses. "We close...

It’s past the close of work on Friday evening when I receive *Richard’s email. It’s a few minutes after we publish Martha’s experience across five African cities. Richard, a business and tech journalist tells me he would like to share his experience of living in Somaliland...

By: MoDuale Somaliland on Tuesday closed schools across the country and banned all public gatherings, including sports events, for 4 Weeks. The decision was announced by Somaliland National preparedness committee on Coronavirus. The statement also mentioned the suspend of flights from eight countries such as China,...

Xaqdoon Law Firm published legal update covering two topics: 1. Legal Pluralism: Complementarity or competition; and 2. Death Penalty in the Somali Penal Code. Xaqdoon Law Firm updates are intended to contribute to the legal development in Somaliland and Somalia. The aim is to...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat regional contributor The Somaliland government has refuted the Ethiopian capital newspaper report that stated the Ethiopian government suspended its 19 per cent share on the new development of Berbera Port. Somaliland Minister of foreign affairs Yasin Hagi Mohamud Faraton told The local newspaper...

By:Jama Farah,Horndiplomat regional Contributor Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yassin Hagi is on a working visit to Kampala where he met his Uganda counterpart Sam Kutesa and Rebecca Kadaga Speaker of the Ugandan parliament. Kadaga said Uganda will make a follow up on Somaliland’s request to...

By.Hassan Jama, Horndiplomat Contributor The European Union announces the very first international support for the conservation and protection of the Laas Geel cave paintings located in the rural outskirts of Hargeisa in Somaliland. The caves contain some of the earliest known paintings in the Horn of...

By M.A. Egge The 20 years Somcable quota to distribute fibre-optic internet service has just had their monopoly curtailed. Following a parliamentary amendment whose motion was reportedly tabled by 20 MPs, the Telecommunication Law No 50/2011 was re-aligned to meet the statutory constitution of free-market enterprises. The...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor based in Nairobi Somaliland House of Representatives has amended the Somaliland Telecommunication Law, the amendment dropped the Fiber Optic Quota of Somcable Company. 68 MPs voted in favor of the amendment, while only one MP rejected it and the Chairman did...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor The government of the United Arab Emirates has Cancelled the construction of the military base in Berbera, Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports According to the UAE daily newspaper The National, The Emirates has had a military base in Eritrea since 2015 but plans...