Africa

Aspiring media managers from Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe can apply for a scholarship. The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) offers scholarships for women to study media management at Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute for Media Leadership (SPI) in 2018. The scholarship covers full tuition, accommodation and...

Self-declared state set for third smooth presidential poll but economy still fragile John Aglionby, east Africa Correspondent When Somaliland elects its new president on Monday voters will be engaging in a rare event for east Africa: a ballot that is expected to be free, fair and credible. The incumbent...

by Megan Iacobini de Fazio After a seven-year wait, Somaliland will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Here are five things you need to know: Why is this election important? Somalilanders will finally be choosing their new president on November 13 after inadequate funding,...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Foreign Minister Dr.Saad Ali Shire Address the nation on the eve of the Presidential Election.

Horndiplomat Editorial Horndiplomat-Somaliland has been achieving milestones and progressing fast in the realm of democracy since its declared independence in 1991 and the successive presidential elections held in Somaliland are the best examples of the progress and democratization of Somaliland. After the declaration of the independence...

The self-proclaimed state of Somaliland will vote for a new president on Monday, hoping to continue a series of democratic transitions of power that sets it apart from its troubled neighbour Somalia. The northern territory, which is more tribally homogenous and stable than the rest...

2017 has most certainly been an eventful year for the self-declared nation of Somaliland. From battling with severe drought which had extinguished the lives of more than half of the country’s livestock (an estimate of over 8 million heads). Along with numerous human lives...

In less than a day Somalilanders will hit the polls and vote on who they feel will best represent their interests. This election means different things to different people to some the end goal of this election means the victory of their party their loyalty...

Horndiplomat-On 13th November 2017, a presidential election will take place where over seven hundred registered citizens will vote for the man who will rule Somaliland the coming five years. Three presidential candidates representing three political parties are competing for the office of the presidency...

By Husen Ismail The political campaigning for the race of the highest office in Somaliland is at its end. We have all seen the parties’ political campaigns and party rallies up and down the country.  At this point we all know that it’s a two-camel...