Somaliland: President Elect Meets with European Union Parliamentarian Delegation
HornDiplomat- Somaliland President Elect Muse Biihi Abdi meet with European Union(EU) Parliamentarian Delegation led by Somaliland’s close friend the British MP James Carver who has been an advocate for the case of Somaliland’s recognition in the EU Parliament. Also accompanying and within the delegate...
Fighting Corruption: on the Peak priority of Somaliland New Government
In Somaliland, corruption is found almost everywhere, and now is considered one of the highest corruption rates in Africa that increases the poverty rate of Somaliland people. Corruption has been an epidemic and daily practices during the outgoing administration of President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud...
Trump Recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital and Orders U.S. Embassy to Move
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing nearly seven decades of American foreign policy and setting in motion a plan to move the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to the fiercely contested Holy City.
“Today we...
Somalia Partnership Forum stresses job creation and poverty reduction to promote stability
5 December 2017 – A gathering of senior representatives of the Somali Government, the United Nations and the international community concluded in Mogadishu today with a call for greater investment in the country’s economic development to create more job opportunities, rehabilitate essential infrastructure, and...
Ethiopia:Government cancels planned Ethio-Djibouti oil pipeline project
By Kaleyesus Bekele
The Ethiopian government canceled the planned Ethio-Djibouti fuel pipeline project, which was proposed to be undertaken by Black Rhino Group.
In 2014 the South Africa-based infrastructure investment group, Black Rhino, proposed to the Ethiopian government to build a 550km long pipeline to transport diesel,...
Somalia Allows Formation of Political Parties for First Time in 40 Years
Cairo – Khaled Mahmoud
For the first time in almost half a century, Somali authorities announced on Monday that they were permitting the formation of political parties.
Meanwhile, international and regional partners pledged at a conference held in the Somali capital Mogadishu to support the current...
Somaliland Presidential Election:Foreign and Commonwealth Office written statement
By:Rory Stewart Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development), Minister of State (Department for International Development) (Jointly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
On 13 November, people across Somaliland took part in elections to choose a new President. The UK played...
Somaliland’s 2017 presidential election: interview with Dr Michael Walls, chief observer of the International Election Observation Mission (IEOM)
In this extended interview by Edward Paice, Director of Africa Research Institute, Michael Walls reflects on IOEM’s mandate, the performance of the National Election Commission, the positives and negatives of the election, campaigning, voter registration and the increasing monetisation of politics in Somaliland. He...
Could Somaliland be the first country in Africa to eradicate FGM?
By:Rageh Omaar INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EDITOR
Somaliland is a country which doesn’t officially exist.
It broke away from the rest of Somalia after a bitter civil war in 1991, a conflict which plunged the rest of Somalia into violent conflict and instability and a war with the...
