Somaliland

By:MoDuale The 4th Somaliland Media Summit (SMS)  and Awke Media Award arranged by Somaliland Journalist Association (Solja) held at Mansor hotel, Hargeisa.Horndiplomat Reports The two-day Somaliland Media Summit attended by Somaliland Vice President, Ministers of Information, telecommunication, Political parties and over 120 Journalist across Somaliland. The Somaliland...

By: Mohamed Duale, Horndiplomat Editor Horndiplomat- Genel Energy has presented Somaliland opportunities last week at the African Oil Week conference in Cape Town. Genel has identified multiple stacked prospects, with each of them estimated to have resources of c.200 MMbbls. A program of surface oil seeps...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-US Department of state added their visa category on Somaliland Document after they reveal a better system on record keeping. The US government says that documents from Somaliland, such as birth certificates or other documents, should be given due consideration because...

By: Mohamed Duale, Horndiplomat Editor Horndiplomat- EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga today handed over School facilities comprising 10 new schools, 65 new classrooms, 30 renovated classrooms and school furniture to the Somaliland Ministry of Education and Science. The following statement was issued today by the...

HornDiplomat-The EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga launches the inaugural EU Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Programme at an outreach event held at Hargeisa University. Ambasador Berlanga encourages students to apply ERASMUS: “ I have ambition: at least 20 students of University of Hargeisa to have scholarship...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines launched a platinum co-branded card payment. The bank was able to facilitate the sale of Ethiopian e-tickets worth nearly 260 million Birr within ten months through its digital payment channels in 2019. During the...

By:harvardpolitics To most, a functionally independent country that lies in the northern part of modern Somalia with a separate government, education system, and even a coast guard would be something out of a fantasy novel. However, Somaliland, hidden on the Horn of Africa, is exactly that. Its...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor  Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Somalia Contact Group meeting in Doha. Mevlut Cavusoglu’s remarks said that his government offers a facilitating and mediating role in the talks between Somalia and Somaliland "We offer a facilitating...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor EUCAP and Sweden will continue their joint support to Somaliland Coast Guard (SLCG) by conducting a five-week training in Berbera in November and December 2019. The upcoming training sessions were discussed on 5 November in a preparatory meeting between EUCAP...

By:Jama Farah, Horndiplomat Contributor Horndiplomat-delegations from Somaliland and Somalia met in Djibouti on 18 October to discuss the Restarting of the stalled talks. According to local newspaper Geeska Afrika, Somaliland officials led by Somaliland foreign minister Yasin Hagi Mohamoud flanked by Dr Edna Aden, Somaliland Charge...