Africa

By: Staff Writer The court in Hargeisa has released this morning the two musicians who have been in prison since 20 April 2020. The Human rights Centre in Somaliland welcomes a Hargeisa court's decision to release the two musicians Hamda Yousuf Ibrahim and Barwaaqo Mohamed Hashi. "We...

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2020 — The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a $55 million International Development Assistance (IDA)* grant to support Somalia’s economic recovery through continued fiscal and other economic policy reforms. The policies will strengthen fiscal management and promote inclusive private sector-led...

By: MoDuale The government of Somaliland has officially lifted all Covid_19 restrictions including flights, schools, meetings, social gatherings and all other businesses. The announcement comes after the Health Ministry has reported 18 new Coronavirus in the last 24 hours. The government says social distancing measures will stay...

By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat contributor Final joint Communique of the Djibouti Consultation summit on the dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland. The following communique was issued today by the Djibouti foreign ministry Following the consultation summit on the talks between Somalia and Somaliland held on June 14, 2020,...

By: BBC AFRICA Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born US congresswoman,...

 Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the multiple brief arrests against journalists in Sool and Sanaag regions in Somaliland respectively. In Las Anod, Somaliland police arrested Somali Cable TV journalist, Khadar Mohamed Tarabi and Khadar Rigah Ahmed, of Universal TV, on Tuesday 16 June, 2020 around...

By: Staff writer Horndiplomat(Hargeisa)– A 13-year-old Awwo Harir Rageh was raped at the Hargeisa Orphanage Center. Horndiplomat reports Speaking to Horncable tv, The father of the victim, Harir Rageh said his eldest daughter was raped repeatedly by many. "I was blind, her mother was mentally ill! We were...

By: Staff writer Egypt’s Council for Media Regulation has announced a ban on media coverage of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). From now on, outlets and social media users are restricted from covering or discussing Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, the coronavirus and the conflicts in Libya...

By: Staff Writer Leaders from the prominent Somaliland civil society organizations held a meeting on 18 June 2020 at SONSAF Office to discuss Somaliland and Somalia’s mediation talks in Djibouti. The dialogue between the two countries has started in 2012, following the Somali conference in London,...

By: Khalid S. Dirir, Political Analyst Somaliland is politically an isolated state after it lost its independence and reunited with the Italian-Somalia on July 1, 1960. The country suffered huge political and economic losses when Somaliland representative politicians of Mohamed H. Ibrahim Egal and his...