United Nations Calls for Immediate end to fighting and Dialogue following clashes between Somaliland and Puntland Forces in Tukaraq
The United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Michael Keating, joins the country’s President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmaajo” in calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities between ‘Somaliland’ and Puntland forces following recent fighting in the Tukaraq area of the Sool region.
The United Nations urges...
Kenya Opens Chinese-Built Railway linking Nairobi and Naivasha
By:REUTERS
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya’s opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight.
The extension links to another Chinese funded and built $3.2 billion line...
Somali PM visits UAE military training centre in Mogadishu
Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire has visited the UAE-funded military training centre in Mogadishu, which offers training to members of the Somali Armed Forces.
Upon his arrival, the Somali Prime Minister was received by Mohammed Ahmed Al Othman, UAE Ambassador to Somalia.
Khaire toured the...
UNHCR:Tens of thousands arrive in Ethiopia, fleeing recent clashes in Lasanod
By: UNHCR
More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Sool region. More than half of...
Kenya to open consulate in Somaliland to increase Miraa export
By:The Star
The national government is set open a consulate at Hargeisa in Somaliland aimed to increase exports to the autonomous country.
Trade CS Peter Munya said Miraa will be the leading export to the country and that the Embassy will help negotiate favourable trade barriers...
Somaliland Youth Position on Political Parties Election Campaign (Press Release)
"OUR SOMALILAND” –CAMPAIGN FOR PEACEFUL ELECTIONS
Horndiplomat-Inspire Group and SONYO Umbrella are calling on political parties and their supporters to ensure peaceful campaigns across the country during the campaign period. We urge our political leaders to desist from inflammatory announcements that could incite fellow citizens...
Dahabshiil Charity Foundation donates 4000 Waterbuzzers to Drought Affected Communities in Somali Speaking Regions
The Dahabshiil Charity Foundation which is part of the Dahabshiil Group of Companies has donated by 4000 waterbuzzers to drought affected people in Somali speaking regions.
In a Press Statement Signed by Mr. Saeed M Dualeh , the Vice Chairman of Dahabshiil Group read as...
In Somaliland – Column of Eduard Nazarski
In the second week of July, I was in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. There, I organized Huricap, a program of Amnesty Netherlands, committed to human rights education in Africa, a workshop on the investigation and documentation of human rights violations.
There is, probably, a...
Will the world heed the warnings of Somaliland’s savage drought?
RAGEH OMAAR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
ITV News International Affairs Editor Rageh Omaar has travelled across Somaliland as severe drought brings the unrecognised east-African nation to the brink of a preventable humanitarian catastrophe.
Somaliland is a place that doesn’t officially exist, a self-declared independent country in the...
Cardiff University develops research collaborations with Somaliland
By:Cardiff University
Academics from Cardiff University are visiting Somaliland to develop research collaborations on some of the country’s most pressing issues.
The Cardiff-Somaliland Working Group was set up to forge closer links between members of the Somaliland community in the city, academic staff and the Government...
