Op-Ed: If The Somali Region Wants To Become A Respected Partner In Any Future Coalition Government In Addis Ababa, It Must Learn From The Lessons Learned
Written by: Awale Shirwa twitter: @Awale11
The aim of this short article is to highlight challenges and opportunities facing the Somali Region (DDS) in this critical juncture. It also tries to support the argument which claims the Somali Region was allocated fraction of the investments...
Saudi-led coalition calls for U.N. supervision of Yemen port
A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen called on Sunday for the United Nations to place a strategic port under its supervision after 42 Somalis were killed in an attack on their refugee boat nearby.
The refugees had departed from the western port city of Hodeidah...
Suldaan Said Ahmed becomes Finland’s first Somali-born MP
Helsinki city councillor Suldaan Said Ahmed (Left) will become Finland's first Somali-background Member of Parliament when he replaces outgoing MP, and incoming Helsinki Deputy Mayor, Paavo Arhinmäki (Left).
MEP Silvia Modig (Left) was initially mooted as Arhinmäki's replacement after the latter was nominated as the Left Alliance Party's candidate for Deputy...
Taiwan ICT Cooperation Kicks off in Somaliland
By:MoDuale
The Taiwanese Ambassador Allen C. Lou to Somaliland officially launches the Taiwanese ict cooperation to Somaliland. Horndiplomat reports
The ceremony was the follow-up of the signing of the Technical Cooperation Framework Agreement on 17 August 2020. The three projects, namely Improving Production and Quality of Vegetables...
Kenya urged to shelter displaced families from Gaza
By: THE STAR
Businessman and human rights activist Nazir Jinnah is now calling on Kenya to step up and play a role in alleviating the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.
Jinnah said...
“The Limits of Consensus?”: Somaliland’s 2017 presidential election observed
By Conrad Heine with Michael Walls
Six months beyond Somaliland’s presidential election on November 13th 2017, “The Limits of Consensus?”, the final report by the DPU-led, UK government-funded international election observation mission, has delivered the mission’s findings. The report was launched in London in March; an event in New...
Somaliland attorney general pursues journalists acquitted of publishing false news
New York, January 20, 2017--Somaliland Attorney General Hasan Ahmed Hasan should immediately drop his appeal of a court's acquittal of two journalists charged with publishing false news and operating an unlicensed newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
An appeals court in Hargeisa, the...
UNFPA condemns rape of 13-year-old girl in Hargeisa Orphanage center
Statement by the UNFPA Representative for Somalia Mr Anders Thomsen on the rape of a 13-year-old
We strongly condemn the rape of a 13-year-old girl from an orphanage in Hargeisa, Somaliland recently and denounce this gruesome act of sexual violence. It is with great concern that...
Kenyan anti-terror police raid home of British PR executive accusing him of al-Shabaab links
By Anna Dubuis
Anti-terror police in Kenya have raided the home of a British PR executive who works on counter-terrorism projects, accusing him of recruiting for extremist group al-Shabaab.
Tom James, 32, was led away by police for questioning after Kenyan officers swooped on his home...
Raila Odinga promises open Kenya-Somalia border if elected
By:The Star
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has promised to re-open closed Kenya-Somalia boarder if elected on August 9.
Raila said that the border will be opened to enable business flow between the two countries.
“We shall put in place all that is...
