Somaliland and Somalia agree to resume dialogue with a focus on reaching a deal on final status issues
By: Horndiplomat Staff writer
Somalia and Somaliland have agreed to establish full cooperation on matters of security and fighting organized crime. After two days of talks hosted by Djibouti’s President, Mr. Ismaïl Omar Guelleh the sides also...
Somaliland Parliament Rejects Bill to increase Electoral Commission
By: Jama Farah, Horndiplomat political editor
Horndiplomat-Somaliland House of Representatives rejected a bipartisan motion tabled to approve an agreement reached by the political parties over the composition of the NEC.
The agreement was signed by the three parties in Somaliland and was submitted to the house...
Somaliland: National Development Priorities Buried in Semantic Ambiguities
The government’s new communication strategy deserves praise even if it brings to the fore inequities embedded in the centralism Hargeysa champions, writes Liban Ahmad
Innovations the incumbent Somaliland government introduced when President Muuse Bihi assumed power last year put government efforts in good light. The...
A Window Of Diplomatic Opportunity For Somaliland, And Embarrassment Diplomatic Episode For Mogadishu Government
Written by: Awale.I. Shirwac
Somaliland must continue to seize every opportunity to ensure that other countries become aware the success story of this peaceful and democratic country and should capitalize the backdrop of this successful diplomatic ties with Guinea Conakry. Diplomatic ties, I am referring...
Taiwan announces scholarship program for Somaliland students
News Release-Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland held the press conference on 16th of December 2020 in the Republic of Somaliland for announcing how to apply for the Taiwan Scholarship and the TaiwanICDF Scholarship. Ambassador Allen C. Lou, Representative of Taiwan Representative...
Somaliland:SONYO Announces Abdihamid M. Omer as new Executive Director
By:Mo Duale
HornDiplomat-Somaliland National Youth Organisation (Sonyo) Announces Abdihamid M. Omer as new Executive Director.
The following statement was issued today by the SONYO Umbrella
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Abdihamid M. Omer as our new Executive Director from December 2019.
Abdihamid comes to this...
Ethiopia, Djibouti Ink MoU to Utilize Livestock Terminal at Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port
By:ENNA
Ethiopia and Djibouti have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the utilization of the livestock terminal at Djibouti’s Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port.
Minister of Agriculture Oumer Hussien and Minister of Agriculture, Water, Fisheries,...
Kenyan army says it kills 52 Al-shabab fighters in Somalia
Kenya's military says it has killed 52 fighters with the extremist group al-Shabab in neighboring Somalia.
Military spokesman Col. Joseph Owuoth says the army destroyed an extremist camp in Badhadhe region of Lower Jubba early Friday using ground troops and artillery fire.
He says an assortment...
A report about the preparation of the 2022 Somaliland elections
By:CPA
The upcoming elections are very crucial for Somaliland’s democratization process. Somaliland succeeded in the first phase of the democratization process, but extensions and overstaying offices affected the second and third phases of Somaliland’s democratization process. In the upcoming year of 2022, it is scheduled...
Op-Ed: UK Supports Climate Action in Somaliland
By: Morgan Riley, Acting Head, British Office Hargeisa
On the 1st and 2nd November, 120 world leaders gathered in Glasgow for the most important international climate negotiations yet. COP26 is the biggest diplomatic event the UK has hosted since the Second World War and the...
