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Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi received in his office Saudi ambassador to Somalia Mohammed Abdi Khayat. President Bihi and ambassador Mohamed Khayat discussed how Saudi Arabia would assist Somaliland in the areas of economy, investment, lifting the ban on Somaliland livestock export and ways to...

Somaliland’s three-year-long drought has crippled the economy of the breakaway, semi-desert territory in the Horn of Africa. The fact that the state is not recognised internationally means that it is ineligible to access vital funds from the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund. A former...

Horndiplomat-On 7th February 2018, The President of Somaliland H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi received his office, a high-level delegation led by accompanied by Head of British office in Hargeisa Rosie Tapper, and head of DFID Phil Evans. https://twitter.com/DConcar/status/961683882184708096 The meeting was specifically focused on the enhancement of the...

By Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Updated 1134 GMT (1934 HKT) June 7, 2017 Washington (CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US...

Somali-American Halima Aden is competing for the title of Miss Minnesota USA and she’s hoping to diversify the archetypal image of beauty pageant contestants. Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Aden moved to Minnesota ― home to one of the largest Somali communities in America...

  Horndiplomat-The Head of State H.E Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo urged Somalilanders to exercise their political rights and take part in the electioneering process by collecting their voting cards. “It is of utmost honour for me to relay this message which carries the importance of voting...

Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia will hold a delayed presidential vote on October 30 with parliamentary polls starting next month, an official statement sent to AFP Monday said, in what international backers hope will signal a long-awaited return to stability. The UN-sponsored Somalia Federal Indirect Electoral...

SONYO together with Youth associations organized a Youth-led Initiative aimed to enhance the awareness of youth civic engagement through active citizenship and volunteerism roles. Youth from different institutions, universities participated. Diverse guests from different governmental entities and international organizations have all attended the event. Among...

Horndiplomat-a large delegation from the two of Somaliland’s political parties, UCID and Kulmiye Arrives in Nairobi on Sunday. The Somaliland political parties leaders, Kulmiye party chairman Mohamed Kahin Ahmed and UCID party chairman Faisal Ali Warabe held a round table meeting with the European Union...

RIYADH—Saudi Arabia’s top cleric intensified the kingdom’s rhetoric against Iran, saying in comments published on Tuesday that Tehran’s leaders are “not Muslims” in response to rancorous remarks from Iran’s supreme leader. The remarks by Grand Mufti Abdulaziz Al Sheikh came a day after Iran’s Ayatollah...