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Somaliland Ruby and Emerald Occurrences

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...

Somali Myth believes

Written by: Abdirahman A. Adam Dhere In the present, the cultural and religious climate in the Somalis as well as other parts of the region are affected by retrograded and old model customs and believes which seems to be an antithetical approach to the understanding...

SOMALILAND: REGULATORY GAPS IN MOBILE BANKING PLATFORMS

Written by Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Horndiplomat-Somaliland is one of the leading markets in mobile banking platforms in Africa. It has been acknowledged by renowned individuals such as Bill Gates of Microsoft and international finance and development institutions as far as its innovation and customer reach...

Somaliland and Somalia talks require a sound president than Farmajo

Presidents of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi and Somalia Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo to meet in Ethiopia
Somaliland and Somalia have been at odds since Somaliland’s announcement of regaining its independence from the other parts of Somalia in 1991.  The political dispute has cooled down and later heated up since president Farmajo took the office and currently, the inception of any...

Somaliland: Open letter to United Nation and the leaders of the free world

 Open letter to United Nation and the leaders of the free world, United Nation special Representative of Somalia, Mr. Keating…By: Ahmed-Yasin Jama Let me start with the fact that Somaliland territory is inviolable, never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored, inalienable, absolute, untouchable, unalterable, unchallengeable,...

Op-Ed: Politics in Peril: Is Somaliland’s democracy suffering at the hands of the opposition

Somaliland Global Diaspora forum calls President and Political parties to respect the will of the people
By:Abdikarim Saed Salah   The Minister of Information, Culture & National Guidance, Mr. Sulaiman Ali Kore, has announced that it’s time for citizens to exercise their political rights to form political parties and associations based on the Law of Political Parties & Associations, LR.14. The Minister has...

Somaliland: Ideal days of Somaliland Politics

For two decades Somaliland people has witnessed a great progress of internal government building progression without international help and making a progressive nation, that their people has one mission to improve their country with transparency and affection among the community, the prove is that...

Somaliland:The only nation on Earth where the main opposition party works against elections taking place

By:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Normally opposition parties are the once whom nurtures and fights for democracy especially elections all over the world, since they are selling a ticket of change to the electorate. However the situation is different here in Somaliland.  Currently the main opposition party WADDANI...

Dr. Abiy: Why Assab and Berbera Ports Matters Now?

Assab, Djibouti and Berbera Ports are roughly (average) the same distances to Addis Abbaba which is about 800km. Luckily; these three ports are located three different countries, namely Eritrea, Djiabout and Somaliland respectively. These ports in the neighboring states are not only strategic alone,...

Democratic reform must mean fair deal for long-suffering Somalis

The Somali people’s under-representation in parliament since the beginning of the federal era need to be corrected, writes Mohamed Olad, Media and Communications Advisor to Somali Region President Mustafa Omer.
By Mohamed Olad   In late December, the Somali regional government asked the House of Federation to revise the region’s representation in the federal parliament. In a letter addressed to the upper chamber, Somali president Mustafa Omer, on behalf of the State Council, requested an adjustment of the number of...