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Last Tuesday, after a long delay, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that Muse Bihi won the 2017 Presidential election. Muse Bihi received 55% of the total votes cast, making him the first Somaliland President ever to win over 50% of the vote. The election was fought square...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday offered loans to Djibouti, the site of its first overseas military base, as the Horn of Africa state's leader told President Xi Jinping he considered himself a great friend of the Asian giant. With a population of less than...

Former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, rejected an asylum proposal from neighbouring Zambia in the heat of the political crisis that led to his resignation on Tuesday, November 21, 2017. Zambian leader Edgar Lungu is quoted by local media portal Zambia reports, as saying he...

Money remittance firm Dahabshiil Kenya has scaled up efforts to counter risks posed by money laundering as it eyes a bigger share of the multi-billion shilling diaspora remittance inflows. The staff and agents of the firm were taken through requisite training on Anti-Money Laundering...

Two Islamic organisations and 11 individuals have been added to an existing "terror list" drawn up by four Arab nations that are blockading Qatar, claiming the entities and individuals are supported by Doha. State-run Saudi Press Agency issued a joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United...

Dear President-elect Muse Behi Abdi, Please accept my warmest congratulations on your election as the 5th President of Somaliland. The Somaliland people have elected you at a time when Somaliland is making many progress toward the development as well as many challenges for the future. I...

with JERRY BAMBI Somaliland, a self-declared state that broke away from Somalia in 1991 has elected a former pilot and rebel leader Musa Bihi Abdi as president. Abdi, a former air force pilot was the candidate of the ruling Kulmiye party. He was declared the winner of...

The self-proclaimed African nation of Somaliland has gained considerable attention across the world, including in Scandinavia. In Sweden, one of the first EU nations to recognize Palestine and one which has also been toying with the recognition of Western Sahara, several forces pushing for...

The head of Public Policy for the Kulmiye party, whose candidate was declared Somaliland’s president this week, tells The National there are lots of areas for further collaboration with the Emirates As the self-declared state of Somaliland welcomes its new president – the fifth in a line...

Divers Marine Contracting begins construction after winning $90m contract in April Divers Marine Contracting has started construction of a United Arab Emirates naval base in a semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia. The closely held Sharjah-based engineering group began work on the project after being awarded the...