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On 24th November 2017, Hadhwanaagnews website was blocked on the order of Hargeisa Regional Court, according to the management of the website and court officials. The website has been inaccessible to the users of the local internet providers. The court issued its order without informing...

The blossoming of an international partnership for leather bags and social good. On the popular shopping site of Magnolia Market — skyrocketed to fame by the hit HGTV show “Fixer Upper” — a photo of an elegant leather tote hanging on a rustic wooden ladder...

Today, Human Rights Centre released a quarterly report. The report covers incidents documented by HRC from 10th December 2017 to 31st March 2018. It is based on data gathered, verified and recorded by the Centre. This period coincides with a change in leadership in Somaliland. President...

The United Arab Emirates is in the process of landing permission to establish a military post in Somaliland, a self-governing province that has so far failed to achieve international recognition as a sovereign nation. UAE delegates submitted a formal request to establish a defense base in the...

The UN refugee agency said a total of 26,819 Somali refugees have in principle confirmed their intention to voluntarily return home and are waiting to be facilitated to return to the Horn of Africa nation. The UNHCR said in its bi-monthly report released on Saturday...

Known as the “Wise Man of the Region”, Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday after decades as a leading figure in the oil-rich Gulf nation. Born in 1929, Sheikh Sabah is widely regarded as the architect of modern Kuwait’s foreign policy...

On 4th August 2018, nine inmates in Hargeisa Prison started a hunger strike. The inmates who have been in jail for cases related to “terrorism” are claiming that their prison terms have ended. The Office of Attorney General claims that the allegation of the...

By:Anadolu Agency The 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit began Thursday with a meeting of high-level government officials in Istanbul, Turkey’s Communications Directorate said in a statement. The summit will continue with a meeting of foreign ministers Dec. 17. Concurrent sessions on health care, education, and agriculture with relevant...

When you find out that the Vermont-based Norwich University—America’s oldest private military education institution—allowed Sana Hamze, a Muslim woman, to wear the headscarf for the first time in its history, you may think of her as a pioneer. For Sana, it’s a part of...

By Shieu Fuh-sheng, Minister of Environment, R.O.C. (Taiwan) Climate change is impacting the world at an unprecedented rate. The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to rise and global average temperatures have reached record highs....