Snapchat CEO Invites Flak After He Says, “I Don’t Want To Expand Into Poor Countries Like India and Spain”
There are approximately 4 million Indians who use Snapchat on a daily basis. But the CEO of Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, feels that India is just too poor a country to even consider expanding into.
According to a report by Variety, ex-employee Anthony Pompliano was suggesting...
Nabadgelyo Macallin – HADRAAWI: The Poet and the Man
By:Dr Jama Musse Jama, PhD
Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame ‘HADRAAWI’, one of the most popular Somali contemporary poets passed away Thursday 18th of August 2022 in Hargeysa, Somaliland. Recognized for his unmatched role both within his native people and...
New UN report accuses Ethiopia of Tigray atrocities
By : AFP
UN investigators said Monday they believed Ethiopia's government was behind ongoing crimes against humanity in Tigray, and warned the resumption of the conflict there increased the risk of "further atrocity crimes".
Somaliland President visits national Forces at Frontline in Tukaraq
By M.A. Egge
Hargeisa-We need cohesive peaceful stability for the sake of tangible development to take place’ was the message of the President of Somaliland H.E Musa Bihi Abdi carried for the nation as he spoke to a multitude of the audience at Lasanod on...
Somaliland Budget 2023: Glimpse of Hope and Ambiguity
By:Yassin Abdillahi Ahmed
Characteristically, before I look at the budget in detail, I must say a word or two about the definition of budget. A budget is a financial plan that states the objectives and goals of...
Somaliland Parliament passes first law against rape
For the first time in its history, the self-declared republic of Somaliland has passed a law against rape.
In the past, a victim's family could force them to marry their rapist to avoid being shamed.
Rapists now stand to face at least 30 years in prison.
https://twitter.com/GuleidJ/status/950390376560504833
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Egypt censors media from reporting on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam
By: Staff writer
Egypt’s Council for Media Regulation has announced a ban on media coverage of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
From now on, outlets and social media users are restricted from covering or discussing Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam, the coronavirus and the conflicts in Libya...
The Great Wall of Kenya: ‘A weird solution to a much bigger problem’
By NJERI KIMANI
Kenya’s latest solution to its security problems is an ancient one: a wall. Construction has begun on a new barrier separating northern Kenya from Somalia, but not everyone is convinced that it is the right approach.
After a year’s delay, construction finally began...
Abiy Ahmed helps Somaliland put more facts on the ground
BY: INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
On 1 June, Somaliland’s President Muse Bihi Abdi officially inaugurated the first 12 km of Berbera Corridor, a trade and transport route that connects landlocked Ethiopia to Somaliland’s Port of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden.
The Addis Ababa-Berbera highway is...
White House Denies Trump Leaked Highly Classified Intelligence to Russian Officials
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and other members of the Trump administration have denied the accuracy of published reports that the president revealed highly classified information to Russian officials in the Oval Office.
The original story, first reported by the Washington...
