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Somaliland reacts to Somalia’s Statement on Taiwan ties

Photo: Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (right) and his Somaliland counterpart Yasin Hagi Mohamoud (left) shake hands after signing an agreement on setting up representative offices in their respective country on Feb 26, 2020 in Taipei City. (Source: Somaliland MFA)
By: Staff Writer Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Wednesday calls Mogadishu's position "mystifying" and warns it to "refrain from groundless and uninformed statements aimed to mislead the world." The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Foreign Affairs Ministry. The Government of the Republic...

Germany commits further € 2.7 Million in support of first universal suffrage elections in Somalia

Somalia and Germany Flag
Horndiplomat- Germany commits further € 2.7 Million in support of first universal suffrage elections to be held in #Somalia after five decades. The following statement was issued today by the German Embassy in Somalia The German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO) has made available € 2.7 million...

Ireland Prime Minister visits Ethiopia

Irish Prime Minister Mr. Loe Varadkar will pay an official visit to Ethiopia next week, 9 January 2019.
Irish Prime Minister Mr. Loe Varadkar will pay an official visit to Ethiopia next week, 9 January 2019. During his visit Prime Minister Mr. Loe Varadkar is scheduled to hold discussion with President Sahlework- Zewdie and Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed, on Bilateral and Multilateral...

Somaliland:Final approval of the Sexual Offenses Law by House of the Representatives

Horndiplomat-On 29 July 2018-TheSomaliland's House of Representatives voted against amendments made by House of elders. 27 voted against the Guurt's limitation to report the rape and sexual offense cases within 48hrs, 3Mp's voted for Guurti's limitation, 11MP's abstained. Bravo to House of Representatives. Nagaad Network Statement Hargeisa...

Somaliland: President Bihi accused opposition parties of violence responsibility

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Somaliland's President Muse Bihi Abdi, who spoke to government media, blamed the leaders of the opposition parties of Waddani and UCID for the violence caused by the protests on Thursday in major...

Somaliland FM meets with Kenya’s National Assembly Majority Leader

Somaliland FM meets with Kenya’s National Assembly Majority Leader
Horndiplomat-Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of republic of Somaliland Dr. Saad Ali Shire paid a courtesy call at Kenya's Parliament Buildings and met with Kenya’s National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale . During the meeting, A wide range of issues was Discussed including such...

New Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed, youngest in Africa, sparks hope of reform

For more than two years, as his health deteriorated, Ethiopian opposition leader Bekele Gerba was locked up in a notorious high-security prison on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, accused of “terrorism” for leading anti-government protests. This week, the authorities needed him for a different reason....

Seized Indian vessel taken to El Hur near Somalia’s port Hobyo: pirate leader

Pirates who seized an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew members in waters off the Somali coast have taken the vessel to El Hur, near the port of Hobyo in Somalia's semi-autonomous Galmudug state, a pirate leader told Reuters on Tuesday. Aw Kombe also said...

Somaliland:Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sacks Nine Diplomatic Representatives

Hargeisa (The Horn)- The ministry of foreign affairs has terminated the job of nine diplomats. According to letters yet to be made public but accessed by Geeska   Afrika and signed by The minister of foreign affairs Mr.Saad Ali  Shire,  nine friendly foreign countries are currently...

Somaliland charges jailed poet Naema Ahmed

On 4th March 2018, the Office of the Attorney General charged Neama Ahmed Ibrahim who was arrested on 27th January 2018 from Hargeisa Egal International Airport while she was traveling to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The prosecution charged Naema of two accounts: Anti-national Activity...