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Horndiplomat-Traditional leaders, women groups, civil society organizations and scholars from minority communities in Hargeisa on Tuesday urged the parliament of Somaliland to approve the quotas already endorsed by Council of Minister on 7th June 2018. They also suggested the number of seats allocated for the minorities...

Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for an explosion in the Somali town of Bosaso on Tuesday, the fourth attack claimed by the group in two years. Witnesses said a man pushing explosives hidden on a wheelbarrow approached the central police station of the commercial...

By:MoDuale Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi has mourned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) president , Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan at the UAE Office in Hargeisa. During his term, UAE became one of Somaliland's top trade and investment partners. "Signed the condolence book for the late President...

By: Staff Writer  Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sam kutesa received the Somaliland's Parliamentarian delegation Led by Deputy speaker Ahmed Yasin Ayanle together with the Somaliland Representative to Uganda, Amb Diplomat-Hamse Haji Dool. Somaliland delegation and Ugandan Foreign ,discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to...

By:Marie-Luise Schueller and Michael Walls with contributions from Amina-Bahja Ekman, Anna Rader and Jama Musse Jama The Somaliland voter registration process began on 16 January 2016, concluding on 26 September 2016, and was conducted by the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) in all six regions...

The pest could cause extensive maize yield losses, estimated between $3.6 and $6.2 billion per year across the 12 major African maize producing countries ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 6, 2018/ -- In 2016, an invasive crop pest called the fall armyworm (FAW) was first confirmed...

Horndiplomat-On Friday, a Mombasa law court sentenced Feisal Mohamed Ali to 20 years in jail after finding him guilty of illegal possession of ivory worth 44 million shillings (US $440,000). The court also imposed a fine of 20 million shillings. This landmark ruling by the...

Horndiplomat-Hargeisa regional court found poet Abdirahman Abees not guilty and ordered immediate release. The court said he exercised his freedom of expression. On Saturday, 12 January 2019, the government of Somaliland arrested poet Abdirahman Abees, a British-Somalilander dual national. https://twitter.com/HornDiplomat/status/1099977504335556608 The arrest of the poet is related...

The prison in Garowe, Puntland state, in northeastern Somalia, facilitates the rehabilitation of convicted Somali pirates and suspected Al-Shabaab jihadists. SOURCE:DARKROOM

Somaliland – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, with support from the Government of Japan earlier this month held a training on trafficking, irregular migration and the establishment of a referral mechanism for irregular migrants and Victims of Trafficking (VoTs) in Somaliland. Thirty-two trainees were drawn from...