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Horndiplomat-The Somaliland's Civil Society Election forum Released Press Statement on distribution of voting cards On July 11th 2017.Horndiplomat Reports   SCISEF Press  Statement  the Representatives from Somaliland Civil Society Election Forum (SCISEF) convened half-day meeting at the Office of Somaliland Non State Actors Forum (SONSAF) in Hargeisa....

5 June 2017: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST REF: 0328-17 Thank you for your email of 3 April 2017 asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked: Does the Government of the United Kingdom recognise the Republic of Somaliland? If not,...

By Awad Mustafa Two overseas Arab military garrisons are being established to secure a hold over one of the world’s most crucial chokepoints, right across the waters from Arabia. The military expansion is a clear reflection of a need felt across the Gulf Arab capitals to...

By NADIFA MOHAMED JULY 3, 2017 LOVE, AFRICA A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival By Jeffrey Gettleman 352 pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $27.99. A memoir is an opportunity for a writer to put his or her life on trial, but few follow through and condemn themselves too. Jeffrey Gettleman, this...

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for unity talks between his country and Somaliland. Farmajo said during Somalia’s 57th independence anniversary speech on Saturday that the government is committed to relaunch talks with Somaliland as soon as possible, Somali news agency SONNA reported. He expressed...

The Somaliand's Minister of Foreign Affairs , Dr. Sa’ad Ali Shire, formally signed with his UAE counterparts an agreement detailing the terms and process shaping up two development programs included in the deal reached with the Emirates to provide that country with a military base...

By Mohamoud Walaaleeye A Republic of Somaliland Diplomat met with the Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Moussa F. Mahamat at AU premises, Addis Ababa, where the AU‘s ordinary summit was underway. Ambassador Ayanle Salad Dirie, deputy Amb of Somaliland Mission at Ethiopia meeting with new...

BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper meets Somalia's most beloved poet in a rare glimpse into the country's soul. In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. His work...

Prosperity will support the republic’s bid for international recognition by: Saad Ali Shire   A farmer offloading goats at the morning livestock market to prospective customers; a teenager buying an ice-cold Diet Coke from a rural roadside stall; an entrepreneur paying for an espresso at a buzzing,...

Full Length Research Paper BY: Najah M. Adam Department of Diplomacy and International Relations, EUCLID University, Gambia. Received 8 May, 2017; Accepted 5 June, 2017 Key words: National security, basing politics, interests, actors, animosity, deterrence, collective security,collective defense. HORNDIPLOMAT-The presence of forward forces in foreign soil is not...