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Somalia’s Jubbaland region rejects national president’s inclusion in election talks

Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, president of Somalia, attends the London Somalia Conference' at Lancaster House, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jack Hill/Pool/File Photo
 By:REUTERS One of five of Somalia’s regional governments said on Sunday it had rejected the inclusion of national President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in talks aimed at resolving a deadlock on a delayed election, exacerbating a crisis on the vote. Leaders in the two federal states, Puntland...

Somaliland’s New Frontier: Stormwater Capture

by Adan Iman Currently the eastern part of Somaliland, a large swath of territory, which includes the regions of Togdheer, Sool and Sanag is being ravaged by a debilitating famine, the like of which has not been seen in memory. The western part of the...

Somalia silent on Trump saying there was ‘anarchy’ there

US President Donald Trump's
By: BBC AFRICA Somalia's ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump's criticism of the country during a campaign rally on Saturday night. While bashing Ilhan Omar, a Somali-born US congresswoman,...

Op-Ed: Briefing The Current Human Right Situation in Somaliland

Briefing The Current Human Right Situation in Somaliland 1.-*Introduction   The Republic of Somaliland (hereinafter called “SL”) is an independent country located east Africa, bordered Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and the Gulf of Aden at the red sea. SL declared it’s on May-18-1991, in a conference held...

Somaliland: 17 conainers with appliances for construction of culverts arrive

Somaliland: 17 conainers with appliances for construction of culverts arrive
By M.A. Egge 17 containers holding direly needed culvert construction facilities meant for water-way transvers drainages for the Burao-Erigavo roads have reached the port of Berbera. While disclosing the fact the Transport and Roads Development Minister Hon. Abdillahi Abokor Osman said that there were 163 seasonal...

Somaliland Elections 2017

BY MUSTAFE SAEED After breaking away from Somalia in 1991, the self-declared state Somaliland went to the polls for the third time since their independence to elect their new president. Three candidates were competing to replace President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, who opted not to seek...

Somaliland:Giving local governments more power helps improve education in Somaliland

Berbera, Somaliland, February 2018 - Annisa Ahmed Mohamed Huseen, a Grade 8 pupil at Omar bin Khataab Primary School says she appreciates the high quality of teaching at her school and aspires to be a doctor. “I like coming to school because I am getting a...

Three in four children in Puntland face acute food shortages, warns Save the Children  

GAROWE, PUNTLAND 23 May 2019: Just one in four children in Puntland, Somalia, have access to sufficient food, a new assessment by Save the Children reveals today. These children are far more likely to succumb to the impact of yet another drought which is...

Tanzania signs contested port deal with UAE firm

Tanzania has signed a 30-year port management agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Image: AFP
By: BBC WORLD Tanzania has signed a 30-year port management agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), despite opposition to the deal. Under the agreement, the Dubai Port (DP) World will run four...

Somalia: President Farmajo names commission for dialogue with Somaliland

President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed Has appointed the national commission for reconciliation and dialogue with Somaliland
HORNDIPLOMAT-Somalia President Mohamed Abdilahi Farmajo names commission for dialogue with Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports According to Villa Somalia, President Mohamed Abdilahi Mohamed Has appointed the national commission for reconciliation and dialogue with Somaliland. The commission is chaired by ex-Foreign Minister Abdullahi Sh Ismail; includes Abdirahman Abdi Hussein,...