Vote Counting Under Way in Somaliland Presidential Election
By: Harun Maruf
WASHINGTON/HARGEISA — Vote counting is underway in Somaliland after the breakaway republic held its presidential election.Three candidates are competing to replace President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, who opted not to seek re-election.
The three candidates, Muse Bihi Abdi of the ruling Kulmiye party, Faysal Ali...
Somaliland journalist detained without charge over false news claim
Police in Gabiley arrested Abdirisak Dayib Ali on December 5, 2017 for allegedly publishing a false report on the news website Gabiley News earlier that month, according to his lawyer, Guleid Ahmed Jama, and Mohamud Abdi Jama, chair of the Somaliland Journalists Association (SOLJA).
Abdirisak was arrested...
Somaliland opposition leader speaks about Somalia election
Hargeisa(Hol) Somaliland opposition leader, Faisal Ali Warabe, has unexpectedly spoken out about Somalia election
The UCID party commissioner suggested that parliamentarians should vote for an honest candidate for the presidency on the 8th February elections. He also discussed ongoing talks between Somaliland and dissident Khatumo...
United States Ambassador to Somalia Presents Letter of Credence to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Horndiplomat-The United States Ambassador to Somalia Stephen M. Schwartz presented a copy of his letter of credence from President Barack Obama to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdisalam Omar Hadliye on August 9, 2016, at a meeting in Mogadishu. The letter of credence formally...
International partners welcome the official announcement of the Somaliland election timeline
JOINT STATEMENT
International partners* welcome the official announcement of the Somaliland election timeline by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) and the President's decree formalizing the election date. These are important steps towards ensuring that elections are held...
Djibouti’s 40-franc note has been chosen as one of the year’s most beautiful banknotes
Which country’s currencies elicit shivers of pleasure, exchange rates be damned? For the second year in a row, the Swiss franc wins for its svelte stacks.
The annual contest for the best banknote of the year, run by the International Bank Note Society (IBNS), has...
Ethiopian Airlines plane trailed smoke, debris before crash: witnesses
By:REUTERS
An Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, killing all 157 people onboard, was trailing smoke and making a strange sound before it came down, two witnesses said.
Malka Galato, the farmer whose land the plane crashed on, told Reuters he saw small items that...
Somaliland: Domestic Observation Mission on the Somaliland Presidential Election held on 13 November 2017 (Press Release)
Hordiplomat-Somaliland Non - State Actors Forum (SONSAF) Released Press Statement about the Domestic Observation Mission on the Somaliland Presidential Election held on 13 November 2017 -Horndiplomat
Sonsaf Statement
Somaliland Non - State Actors Forum (SONSAF) has deployed a total of 620 local observers on the Somaliland Presidential...
Disregarding Somaliland Case A Scar On UN, AU, International Community
Prestigious international and continental bodies, like United Nations (UN) and African Union(AU) respectively, should have been abiding by and honoring their charters.
What belongs to a Republic cannot be exclusively given to one state of that Republic without the consent of the other Republic. In this case the...
Kenya Supreme Court declares BBI Bill unconstitutional
By:Abdiaziz Daud , Horndiplomat Correspondent in Kenya, @Abdiaaziiz
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the government's plans to amend the constitution through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) an initiative born after the handshake between president Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime...
