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I am writing this piece to share some of my Somaliland dreams although I am cognizant that dreams are never static but dynamic and always evolving. I am trying to share a glimpse into my reflections on the topics so as to enthrall my...

Heavy fighting broke out early Tuesday in a disputed part of Sool region, leaving at least four people dead, a security official told VOA. The fighting between Somaliland and Puntland erupted outside the village of Tukaraq. It lies between the main towns of Las Anod...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-The Celebrations were held across the country to mark the 27th anniversary of the reclamation of independence in 1991. As usual, the main parade was in Hargeisa, was contingents from the Somaliland Defence Forces, Police Force, Custodial, Marine and other ancillary...

By Conrad Heine with Michael Walls Six months beyond Somaliland’s presidential election on November 13th 2017, “The Limits of Consensus?”, the final report by the DPU-led, UK government-funded international election observation mission, has delivered the mission’s findings. The report was launched in London in March; an event in New...

MOGADISHU, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Somalia has kicked off a constitutional review process ahead of "one-person, one-vote" elections scheduled for 2020. Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, who launched the process, pledged financial and political support to the process to ensure the country gets a new...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani today meets the visiting Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to discuss the distinguished fraternal relations between the two brotherly countries besides Arab and international issues of common concern. This is the Somali president’s second official visit...

Mogadishu – When he was pursuing his undergraduate studies at the University of Somalia, Mohamed Abdirizak Farah had no facility where he could research and prepare his assignments outside the university’s own premises. No public library had existed in the Somali capital for years since...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi receives his office the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia Ambassador Micheal Keating. Horndiplomat reports The meeting accompanied by the president, Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) Vice President of Somaliland, Foreign Minister Dr.Saad Ali Shire and chairmen of houses...

While South African Airways aims to shrink to profitability, Ethiopian is expanding its UK links “Break the loss-making cycle and transform the airline into a viable and sustainable entity”: how many times has that sentiment been expressed in aviation? Dozens, and that’s just Alitalia. The carrier making all...

  Somaliland is a country that had been a stable and independent state from Somalia in the past 27 years after gaining its independence on 18th May 1991. In May this year, Somaliland continues to protest its legitimacy as an existing nation forward to show...