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The Guurti (the Upper House of the Parliament) approved the Rape Bill with changes. According to article 78 of the Constitution, the Bill will go back to the House of Representatives to debate the amendments proposed by the Guurti. The proposed amendment of the...

Introduction Somaliland to commence the long awaited its hydrocarbon natural resources will not be an easy task considering the multi-dimensional aspects of political economy implications, social vulnerabilities and international market trends which the oil price fluctuates over the past recent years. By end-2014, retail fuel...

     INTRODUCTION Job creation is one of most important development factors in the world, even though Africa is the world’s 2nd fastest growing region still there is high unemployment rate in the region especially Horn of African countries. Horn of Africa countries are also doing...

MoFa expressed its displeasure with how the Emirati contingent was treated. The UAE has condemned the seizure of its civilian aircraft carrying millions of dollars by authorities in Somalia on Sunday. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that the jet...

The money, found in three unmarked bags, was seized from a Royal Jet airlines carrier at Mogadishu airport. Somalia's government says it has seized several bags of money worth almost $10m from a plane that arrived at Mogadishu airport from the United Arab Emirates capital...

GOLD COAST, Australia — Canadian Mohammed Ahmed earned silver Sunday in the 5,000 metres on the first day of track and field at the Commonwealth Games. Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei won gold in 13 minutes 50.83 seconds, ahead of Ahmed in 13:52.78 and Kenya’s Edward Zakayo...

Horndiplomat- The government of Somaliland has commented the news about Russian government may build military base in Somaliland. The Somaliland foreign minister Dr. Saad Ali Shire told Geeska Afrika newspaper and stated that there was no official submission to Somaliland about military base. “We didn't receive...

Horndiplomat- Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari “resigns” - that is according to Somali Constitution Minister Abdirahman Hosh Jibril who broke the news in a tweet. https://twitter.com/HoshAbdi/status/983210567056920576 The Somalia's Parliament speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari resigns after a power struggle with the executive branch, he’ll address the House on Wednesday...

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...

By Andrew Korybko Global Research, April 07, 2018 Oriental Review 6 April 2018 If the unconfirmed reports about a possible Russian base in the breakaway region of Somaliland are to be believed, then Moscow is finally flexing its military muscles beyond Eurasia and signaling its eagerness to return to...