Somaliland

His Excellency Muse Bihi Abdi President of the Republic of Somaliland The Presidential Office Road Number 1 Hargeisa, Somaliland Hand-delivered to the Presidential Office by Human Rights Center, Somaliland for CPJ. February 26, 2018 Dear President Muse Bihi Abdi, We at the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent press freedom organization, urge...

By M.A. Egge Horndiplomat The President-elect H.E Musa Bihi Abdi received over the week delegation from the Djibouti government that consisted of diplomats, members of parliament and senior administrative officers. The newly elected Head of State was flanked by his running mate who has been elected...

By:Africa Business In significant news for the nearly 6m inhabitants of Somaliland, an unrecognised state located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, Caafisom, a healthtech startup based in the capital city of Hargeisa, has completed...

Horndiplomat-Journalist Mohamed Adan Dirir who has been serving 18 months in jail term is released from prison with Presidential Pardon.Journalist Mohamed Adan Dirir who has been in prison in 9 months has been released as part of a presidential pardon of over 500 prisoners. On...

By: Awale Shirwa BA, PGDip, MSc. Trade and Investment Analyst and Former Minister of Planning for Somaliland. Stability, strategic location, government pro- Investments policies are good Ingredients to attract foreign investors. Horn of African Country (Somaliland, separated from the Former Somali Republic after the collapse...

The Somaliland Ministry of education, jointly with education partners including the European Union and the Global Partnership for Education, conducted the annual Joint Review of the Education Sector (JRES) on 17-18 September 2018 in Hargeisa. They reviewed the performance of education against the targets...

Horndiplomat- Eritrea's Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Adviser Mr. Yemane Ghebreab arrives in Hargeisa, the capital city of of Somaliland for an official state visit. According to Eritrean Information Minister Yemane G. Meskel The objective of this first-ever Eritrean Government delegation visit to Hargeisa...

By: Guled Ahmed Hashi Since Somaliland re-asserted its independence from Somalia in 1991, the private school sector played an important role in education in Somaliland. In the early 90s and 2000s, Arabic based schools (Maca-hid) were the leading educational facilities in Somaliland whereby girls and...

Horndiplomat-His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud “Siilaanyo”, invited all candidates of the November Presidential election, the Commanders of the national armed and security forces, the Guurti, the National Election Commission (NEC) and other prominent leaders to dinner, on...

By Jon Gingerich The government of Somaliland has hired Washington, D.C. Democratic lobbying giant Glover Park Group to act as an advisory on communications and government relations matters. Somaliland, which split from southern country of Somalia and declared its independence after a 1991 civil war, is...