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Somaliland and Covid 19: Government Response and Socio-Economic impact

Somaliland announces 11 additional COVID-19 cases, 1 Death
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, the infection of this outbreak was first reported in December of 2019 in Wuhan – the seventh largest city of china. This contagious disease infected thousands of people of the globe. The World Health Organization...

After 27 Years: Somaliland needs deeper and speedier Foreign Policy Reforms!

Since Somaliland’s declaration of its autonomous political ambitions in 1991, many Somalilanders and beyond are still confusing or are in a position of different opinions according to; what Somaliland has been achieved since then and where it is heading?  In other words; is Somaliland...

Somaliland:UAE Deputy Pm Receives Somaliland Delegation,Discussed Drought & Military Base

Somaliland delegation led by Somaliland’s Vice President Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail{Saili} arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday last week. The Emiretes  deputy prime minister and minister of presidential affairs  Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan and other government Carbinet Receives somaliland delegation At...

Somali Migrants Returning From Libya Tell of Abuse, Horror

It was an emotional moment for the nearly dozen Somali migrants who were repatriated to Mogadishu from Libya on Saturday. Some fell to their knees, crying; others placed their foreheads to the ground in prayer; while some chanted the Somalia national anthem as they disembarked...

US Senate passes NDAA 2024, which included the Somaliland Partnership

The dome of the US Capitol is reflected in a window on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in April. Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/Reuters
By: Staff writer The USA Senate finally passed the NDAA 2024, which included the Somaliland partnership Act. The Partnership Act stipulates that Somaliland and the United States cooperate in countering Chinese influence in the...

Kenya: Duale lauds Uhuru investment in intelligence infrastructure

Cabinet secretary for Defence, Aden Duale. Image: FILE
By: The Star Kenya Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has said that retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's investment is helping in the fight against extremism. Speaking on Wednesday night, Duale said compared to how...

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya, residents in the south of the Horn of Africa country said. The al Qaeda-linked group confirmed the executions, which took place on...

Egypt court freezes more NGO assets

CAIRO-An Egyptian court froze the assets of two NGOs and their founders on Wednesday, in a controversial probe into civil society groups that has been criticised by the United Nations. The court ordered a freeze on the assets of Nazra for Feminist Studies and its...

Revealed: How Britain pours £568m of YOUR money into war-torn Somalia despite ‘certain’ risk it will be stolen by ISIS and used to fund terrorism

By Ian Birrell for The Mail on Sunday The Government is pumping more than half a billion pounds of aid into war-torn Somalia – despite accepting there is ‘certain’ risk of funds being diverted by terrorist groups such as Islamic State and al-Shabaab. The revelation comes...

UN Says 2022 Deadliest In Somalia Since 2017

Under attack: 121 people died in two car bomb blasts at the education ministry in Mogadishu last October Hassan Ali ELMI
By: AFP UN chief Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that 2022 was the deadliest year for civilians in Somalia since 2017, largely because of an increase in mass-casualty attacks by the Al-Shabaab jihadist group.