Somaliland

From the cave paintings at Laas Geel to striking colonial architecture, the people of this self-declared East African nation have good reason to be proud. It is well worth a visit, even if tourism infrastructure is lacking BY JAMES JEFFREY Rather surprisingly, as a Briton, I...

OTJIWARONGO, Namibia (29 Nov. 2019) – Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF), the longest-running research, education and conservation organisation dedicated to saving the wild cheetah, is driving the worldwide observance of International Cheetah Day (ICD) Wednesday, 4 Dec. 2019, from its Field Research and Education Centre...

This quarterly report covers the general situation of human rights in Somaliland from January- May 2022. It is part of the Human Rights Center's reports based on information and data gathered to document the general situation of human rights issues in Somaliland. The report...

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi has secured bipartisan pledges of increased US support for his self-declared state during his visit to Washington D.C. this week, even as formal recognition remains off the table - for the time being. In...

The third Dahabshiil- Somaliland 42 KM and 10 KM Marathon races was held at the Hargeisa Stadium on Friday, with more 300 local and international participants taking part. The competition, which was co-hosted by the Somaliland Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Somaliland Marathon,...

Nearly three decades ago, the authoritarian military leader of Somalia, General Mohamed Siad Barre who came to power in a coup, was ousted after over ten years of civil war that had devastated the country. The overthrow of the civilian government in 1969 aborted a...

Well-adapted to the desert, but not to the modern world BARUUD ABOKOR has lived in Baligubadle for the past four decades. Before settling in this remote Somali town abutting the border with Ethiopia, he roamed widely. “I was master of myself,” he says. “The economy...

The Somaliland Health Information System (Somaliland HIS) officially launched at Hargeisa Group Hospital in March 2023. This system was developed by Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (TaiwanICDF) together with Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital(KMUH). It marks a milestone in...

Hordiplomat-Eucap Mentors Somalilanad Coast Guard Officers On Search And Rescue Exercise At Sea In Berbera. Mentored by EUCAP in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), fifteen Somaliland Coast Guard (CG) officers conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAR) at sea...

By:Radio Ergo For the first time since Somaliland criminalised forced marriage, a 14-year-old girl has successfully been granted a divorce at a court in Sool region Hawa Isack Adan was engaged to be married when she was just 11 years old to Aftin Abdi Adan, 38,...