Africa

Human rights center is disturbed with the arrest of journalist Abdifatax mohammed Abdi in Lasanood, who works with Holhol media. He was arrested 24/10/2021 along with four traditional elders, Yusuf Ahmed Handule, Mustafa Aden Gale, Farahdeer Garad Ismail Ducaale, and Mohammed Awad Baruud. The...

By:Mohamed Duale Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on livestock imports from Somalia, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture announced on Sunday. HornDiplomat reports Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) Statement Said "The Ministry temporarily lifted the ban on importing live meat (living...

In the grand scheme of things the heated words or actions of politicians before and after Somaliland's Presidential Election will soon begotten. What will be remembered will be the remarkable spirit of unity that existed throughout the campaign. Somalilanders have embraced demographic debate with...

200 Turkish students visit several African countries as part of exchange program By Zuhal Demirci ANKARA -A group of Turkish students participated in renovation works at an orphanage-cum-school in Somalia on Sunday, as part of a visit to several African countries under an exchange program. The 2017...

The Somaliland Civil Service Commission, Monday, announced that it is putting 1626 job vacancies in government open to fair competition. Speaking at an occasion where, together with the Ministry of Education, the CSC launched the beginning of the first screening for 954 vacancies available at...

By: Anadolu Agency The Swedish Migration Court has confirmed that an Iraqi man who staged a series of public Quran burnings last year will be deported, local media reported Wednesday.  Immigration authorities refused...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Journalist Association Condemns the Suspension of Foore Newspaper by the Maroodijeh regional court.Horndiplomat The following statement was issued today by Somaliland journalist association(Solja) This is a quick alert upon the court decision against Foore Newspaper which has been on-going recently. After Foore newspaper published14/10/2018 a news article regarding...

By:Adrian Blomfield  Unprepossessing and isolated, situated on a coastal strip so scorched the Somali called it “the Burnt Land”, Berbera was rarely a destination of choice for foreigners. Perspiring British officials posted to the Somaliland Protectorate disparaged the town as “the armpit of Empire”. Yet foreigners came...

By: Staff writer Somalia parliament votes to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo's government mandate for two years. 149 MPs voted by a show of hands to approve. One-man, One vote elections to be held in under 2 years.  The resolution gives National Independent Electoral Commission Somalia...

BY:REUTERS The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and nutrients. Just around five months old, the baby cheetahs are dehydrated, stunted...