Somaliland

By: Hassan Jama, horndiplomat contributor Thousands of protesters have marched through Somaliland's second capital Buroa, calling for a boycott of French products as anger over President Emmanuel Macron’s defence of cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad mounts in the Muslim world. the protesters burned the French flag, chanted...

Dahabshiil Group of companies, on Wednesday, announced that it will be giving away a variety of prizes to its esteemed customers as part of newly launched services called “MURAADSO”. Among the prizes on offer are 3 fully paid trips to the holy city of Mecca to perform Hajj/pilgrimage if one...

A fact-finding excursion by a miraa traders’ lobby has reported a huge untapped market for the stimulant in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland headquartered in Hargeisa. The Nyambene Miraa Traders Association (Nyamita) said the market in the region was so huge that the issue was not about the quality of Kenyan produce...

REPORT BY: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations A Tropical Storm currently centred in the north Indian Ocean near the coast of Puntland is expected to intensify further and move in a southwestern direction and cross Mudug coastal areas between Hobyo and Eyl...

By Osman Sultan Ali The people of Eastern Somaliland face the severest drought in nearly 100 years. Their livestock have already been decimated. The inhabitants are starving and may soon die in large numbers unless a massive aid intervention is undertaken now. However, Mr. Hussein Abdi...

Hargeisa -The Former President Of Somaliland H.E Dahir Rayale Kahin Has Called On The People Of Somaliland To Show Unity He Also Sent A Message Of Peace To The People Of El-Afwein Town To Stop The Fighting And Bury Their Hatchet. The Former President Was Speaking...

By:MoDuale International Partners released a Joint Statement  to Somaliland on Delays of the Parliamentary and  Local Council elections. We, the undersigned regional and international partners* of Somaliland, recall the significant agreement between political parties in July 2019 which recognised the “critical importance of holding the long...

Overview This briefing analyses research teaching and practice in Somaliland and Puntland, with a particular focus on the University of Hargeysa (UoH) and Puntland State University (PSU). It builds on a needs assessment that was carried out in conjunction with a research methods course of...

Dubai-headquartered port and terminal operator DP World has raised USD 1.2 billion in a new 7-year sukuk set to be listed on the Middle East’s international financial exchange NASDAQ Dubai. The issue received strong investor interest and was 2x oversubscribed receiving more than USD 2 billion in...

Somaliland security forces on February 20, 2017, arrested Mohamed Baashe Hassan, a journalist for the independent broadcaster Star TV, in Hargeisa, the capital of the semi-autonomous region. Police arrested Mohamed at roughly 10:30 p.m., Guleid Ahmed Jama, the chairman of the Human Rights Centre, a...