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By Jason Patinkin for The Messenger With a sea breeze to his back, Ali Farah Negeye greets the lunch crowd at the Al Xayat restaurant in the Somaliland port city of Berbera. For the last fifteen years, he’s served lemonade and fried barracuda to a...

by Tom Gardner | Thomson Reuters Foundation A $400 million port project has sparked a "land rush", as diaspora Somalilanders and wealthy businessmen flock to buy a piece of this crumbling town. BERBERA, Somaliland, April 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T he land along the road...

FAHMA MOHAMED made history by becoming one of the youngest people in the UK to receive a doctorate. The 19-year-old from Bristol was awarded the doctor of laws by the University of Bristol for leading a campaign to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). “This has been...

Hordiplomat- The Somaliland's Government Released Seven Pirates who served their sentence term in hargeisa ,  The Ministry of Justice of Somaliland Released Press statement that officially announced that Decision.Horndiplomat Reports Justice Ministry Statement  The Republic of Somaliland and the Republic of Seychelles, together taking into consideration...

An Indian registered cargo dhow that was hijacked by suspected Somali pirates on April 1 is now in the vicinity of Hobyo, a major meeting point of pirates when they were most active in 2011, the EU Naval Force said on Monday, giving a...

By:MOHAMAD DUALE @MohamadDuale Hargeisa, 3 April 2017{Horndiplomat} The President of Somaliland H.E Ahmed Mohamed mohamoud Silanyo Receives united nations high level delegation led by Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Mr. Michael Keating. The President was accompanied by the Vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi ismail...

Hargeisa, 3 April 2017- The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Michael Keating, concluded a two-day visit to Somaliland to assess the impact of the prolonged drought on its population. Mr. Keating held talks with senior government officials, led by President...

Pirates who seized an Indian cargo dhow with 11 crew members in waters off the Somali coast have taken the vessel to El Hur, near the port of Hobyo in Somalia's semi-autonomous Galmudug state, a pirate leader told Reuters on Tuesday. Aw Kombe also said...

Turkey donates 170 tons of humanitarian aid and pledges more for drought-hit Somalia By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU A Turkish delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday. Kaynak and his delegation met new Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo at...

THE Republic of Somaliland is now rooting for recognition at the African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) as a sovereign state, apparently in a bid to win legitimate rights as an independent state. Among its diplomatic forays, the country is now out to woo...