Ethiopia plans home-grown social media
By: Developing Telecoms
The Ethiopian government is reportedly planning to build a local rival to Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp, apparently following a number of disagreements with the social media giants – and Facebook in particular – though this has not been officially confirmed.
Nevertheless, according to Reuters,...
Djibouti Telecom works with Ciena to upgrade submarine cable
By: Developing Telecoms
Ciena, a networking systems, services and software company, says it is working with Djibouti Telecom to increase digitisation in the East Africa region by deploying Ciena’s GeoMesh Extreme solution to upgrade one of Djibouti Telecom’s submarine cable systems.
As part of a consortium...
Op-Ed: Tips to Cultivate Better Reading Habit
By:Bashir Mohamed Bashir
Introduction
I would like to share with students and those who are interested in reading this article, which will greatly benefit the present and future life. Before I look “Tips to Cultivate Better Reading Habit” in detail. I must say a word...
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...
10 years of Turkey, Somalia friendship furthers tangible progress in several fields
By: HORNDIPLOMAT
the Turkish government organised a massive ceremony in Mogadishu, coupled with an experts’ conference to mark ten years since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan toured Somalia, then at the heart of a brutal humanitarian crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVGEFPv_go&t=40s
Most of the government revenue comes from the Mogadishu...
Somalia PM orders probe into killing of 7 civilians in southern region
By: Xinhua
Somalia Prime Minister Mohamed Roble on Saturday ordered investigations into the deaths of seven civilians reportedly killed by the African Union troops during a counter-offensive in Golweyn, the southern part of the country.
The prime minister's spokesman Mohamed Moalimuu said Roble has formed a...
Dr. Hodan Ali: “Somali Women Political Survival Rests in Unity and Solidarity”
By: UNSOM
In 1989, just before the collapse of Siyad Barre’s regime, Dr. Hodan Ali, then a child, left Somalia with her family to settle in Canada.
The family made home in Hamilton, Ontario, where she studied later studied at McMaster University for her Bachelor of...
Op-Ed: ONLF and Ethiopia: A tug-of-war
By: Anwar Abdifatah Bashir
Somali region is the second-largest in terms of land, and the third most populous in Ethiopia. Throughout history, the region and its inhabitants are the most downtrodden across the country, and Ethiopia treats the region in a subterranean manner.
Somalis in the...
Education ministers of Somaliland, Kenya agree to enhance cooperation
By:Staff writer
Education ministers of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed dirie and Kenya George Magoha exchanged views on further enhancing cooperation in education.
Somaliland deputy representatives in Kenya Sharmarke gelleh, Director of Somaliland ministry of education Ahmed Abokor and other education ministries attended the meeting.
Somaliland is home to...
OPINION – 10th anniversary of Erdogan’s visit to Somalia: Hope for a nation
For Somalia’s survival, peace, and well-being, its people must follow Turkey’s example and put aside their differences in times of crisis
The author is Somalia’s justice minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur
The devastating 20-year civil war and the aftermath of terror had left the buildings of...