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Statement of the SRSG Nicholas Haysom to the UN Security Council on 3 january 2019

Horndiplomat-Statement of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-general for Somalia, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, to the UN Security Council on 3 january 2019- Following is the Statement : Thank you Mr. President, I arrived in Somalia on 3 October and have been well received by prominent officials...

Somaliland deports Danish Humanitarian Agency Staff for inappropriate actions against Islam

Hargeysa (Tusaale 01 March 2017) – Somaliland government has deported two Danish humanitarian agencies international staff from Hargeisa, after they allegedly committed religious discrimination against local staff, the national planning Minister told the media. Danish Demining Group (DDG) is a Humanitarian Mine Action Unit in...

US Ambassador to Somalia Discloses Plan to Move Mission to Mogadishu From Nairobi

An aerial view of a section of Nairobi TWITTER
United States Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto on Friday disclosed that the U.S Mission to Somalia located at the U.S embassy in Nairobi, Kenya would soon be moved to Mogadishu. In an interview with Voice of America (VOA), Yamamoto stated that the move could take...

Somaliland:First Aid and Firefighting training course concluded in Berbera

The Somaliland Fire Brigade trained twenty officers from the Somaliland Coast Guard (SCG) in a First Aid and Firefighting training that was held at the Berbera Maritime and Fishery Academy and concluded on Thursday 17 August 2017. The EU Capacity Building Mission EUCAP contributed in...

Why Dozens of East African Teens Drowned Off Yemen’s Coast

Smugglers have twice forced African migrants off their boats near Yemen this month, leaving dozens to drown. Fatima Mohie-Eldin from Muftah explains the two deadly episodes and looks at why young Ethiopians and Somalis are still trying to sail to war-torn Yemen. On August 10,...

92 Somalis being deported from the U.S. fly 5,000 miles to Africa before returning to Florida

Undocumented immigrants who were being deported to Somalia on Thursday made it to Senegal before they all returned on a flight back to the U.S., according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Somali citizens, some of whom had lived in the U.S. for...

Dahabshiil donates $150k to flood victims in Beledweyne

Dahabshiil donates $150k to flood victims in Beledweyne
The Dahabshiil group of companies has donated the amount of $ 150,000 to the people affected by the flash floods in Beledweyne in central Somalia. The chairman and board members of Dahabshiil group of companies also send their deepest condolences to the families of victims...

Somalia and FAO strengthen cooperation to curb the spread of desertlocust

Somalia and FAO strengthen cooperation to curb the spread of desertlocust
20 April 2020, Mogadishu/Nairobi – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Somalia have recently strengthened their partnership to scale up local capacities, surveillance and control operations to combat the desert locust upsurge. In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and...

DP World to begin work on Somaliland free zone

The final agreement to develop a greenfield economic free zone in Somaliland to complement the growth of the Port of Berbera has been signed between DP World and its government in Dubai. The global trade enabler expects to break ground on the 12 square kilometre...

Somaliland arrest looters for stealing Four vehicles from Ethiopia’s Somali region

Horndiplomat - Somaliland government announced the interception of four vehicles looted and stole from Jigjiga Ethiopia’s Somali region, which was intercepted in Wajale and Burao towns. Horndiplomat reports Somaliland's State Minister for Security at the Ministry of Interior, Mohamed Muse Dirie, told the BBC's Somali service confirmed his government apprehend vehicles looted and stole...