Somaliland

Somali graduates are proud, inquisitive and, in many cases, innovative. They are certainly ambitious and should be confident about their future in a country blessed with so much natural resources and potential.  Yet, at the best of times, there is a tragic disconnect between the...

By: Yonhap News Agency SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was set to dispatch a fresh batch of troops to the Gulf of Aden on Tuesday for anti-piracy efforts, the Navy said, amid speculation the contingent could also undertake missions in the Strait of...

By:BBC One in 20 girls and women in the world has had some form of female genital mutilation, according to the UN. The former first lady of the self-declared republic of Somaliland and midwife Edna Adan Ismail has been to meet some of those that live...

By: OXFAM Climate change is real. In this country it is real.” Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare is the Minister of Environment and Rural Development in Somaliland. Somaliland is facing climate change now and Shukri is taking action.  “In the last 10 years, it like drought after drought. Climate...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Military Officers graduate from Ethiopian Military Academy, Won medals . According to Fana, Ethiopian Defense Command and Staff College today graduated 100 senior military officers for the 13th time. About 21 of the graduates are from Djibouti, Somaliland ,Somalia and South Africa. The Prime Minister and...

By: Busiweek This is a departure from the Kingdom’s previously long-held position of issuing visas on Somali passports holders and not Somaliland passports. The issuance of the visas to Somalilanders starts with those who will be heading for pilgrimage in Mecca this month. Already, the president of...

Between the 16th and 20th of July, a delegation of diplomatic officers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFAIC) of Somaliland attended the annual International Youth Diplomacy Conference held in Accra, Ghana.  This Conference is the flagship event of the educational...

By: Hirsi Ali Haji Hasan The bad economy is a product of bad politics (policy), and bad leadership is the root cause of all. It is most unfortunate that our African continent has generally become a symbol for starvation, dictatorship, and political failures. Another specific...

Horndiplomat-Seychelles condemns the early release of the 19 convicted pirates by Somaliland Government. The following statement was issued today by the Seychelles Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Seychelles has written to express its strong disapproval of the decision of Somaliland authorities to release, yesterday, the 19 pirates...

By: Mohamed Duale Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer and author of the 2010 novel Beneath the Lion's Gaze and The Shadow King. Mengiste has published fiction and nonfiction dealing with migration, the Ethiopian revolution, and the plight of sub-Saharan immigrants arriving in Europe. Her debut...