Somaliland

On Sunday 27th January, it was decided by the CONIFA Executive Committee that the 2020 CONIFA SportsBet.io World Football Cup will be hosted by Somaliland. Somaliland is an independent state in the Horn of Africa, which is not recognised by any other country. It declared sovereignty in 1991. https://twitter.com/CONIFAOfficial/status/1089772397807525890 The...

By: Ahmed Ibrahim Haji Hassan Hargeisa Most Somalis over the age of 60 years can not specify the exact date--and sometimes in the exact place--they were born. In our traditionally nomadic life, these birth details used to be so minor and thus of a family’s least...

Horndiplomat-International observers of Somaliland’s presidential election on 13 November 2017 arrive in Somaliland-Press statement   International observers communique Ahead of Somaliland’s third presidential election on 13 November 2017, the first members of a team of 60 international election observers have arrived in Hargeisa. The international election observation mission (EOM)...

The Editor-in-Chief of Geeska Afrika newspaper, Mohamed Hussein Jama (Rambo), interviewed Ambassador David Shinn on different issues. Ambassador David Shinn is a former U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia (1996-99) and Burkina Faso (1987-90). He is also an author. Here is the full text of the...

By: MoDuale HornDiplomat-Somaliland Government released Khadar Hussein Abdi Secretary of Waddani party and Barkhad Jama Hersi spokesperson of Waddani Party. The Government also released Abdi Ibrahim Abduleh, The man who coined the widely used satirical word "Ilameerayso". Earlier today, The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi has...

The state of Somaliland, which seeks to attain international recognition has opened talks with Uganda about a consulate in Kampala. Somaliland, a tiny country in the horn of Africa, was granted independence by the British in 1960 and shortly after joined Somalia, a former Italy...

By:King's Health Partner King’s Somaliland Partnership (KSP) is one of the UK’s largest and longest-running global health partnerships. The partnership connects UK and Somaliland experts and institutions to improve healthcare in Somaliland. Somaliland is a self-declared but internationally unrecognised state in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland faces...

A former Danish minister and a Non Governmental Organisation operating in the Horn of Africa are planning to set up a fish production plant in Somaliland. Christian Friis Bach who served as the minister for development cooperation in Denmark says Somaliland has a great potential...

Liebherr Container Cranes has signed a contract to supply eight rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes for DP World’s terminal in Berbera, Somaliland. According to Container Management (cm) , The high performance, variable speed diesel RTGs are due to be ready for operation before the end of...

Horndiplomat-Somalia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs official accused Somaliland on the continuous terror attacks in Mogadishu. Ali Abdi Hoshow, the head of the Press & Public Relations at the Ministry said on his official tweet that Somaliland is behind the terror attacks in Mogadishu citing...