Somaliland

Horndiplomat-The AfricaCom Awards show, supported by Founding Awards Sponsor, PCCW Global, was a colourful and festive Mardi Gras themed event. Held in Cape Town during AfricaCom, guests celebrated and acknowledged those trailblazers who are leading digital inclusion, connectivity and digital development on the African...

Horndiplomat-Traditional leaders, women groups, civil society organizations and scholars from minority communities in Hargeisa on Tuesday urged the parliament of Somaliland to approve the quotas already endorsed by Council of Minister on 7th June 2018. They also suggested the number of seats allocated for the minorities...

 Human Rights Centre calls on the House of Representatives of Somaliland to reject a government proposed amendments of the Police Act.  The Internal Affairs Committee of the House of Representative submitted the amendments to the House on 13th November 2018. The House is expected...

Horndiplomat-Center for Policy Analysis (CPA) Released paper aims to scrutinize how patriarchy influences and shapes Somaliland governance and marginalizes women, creating a democracy that benefits only men.Horndiplomat Reports By:Maria Abdilahi Gaheir and Guleid Ahmed Jama CPA Introduction Eighteen years ago, the people of Somaliland on overwhelming majority approved...

Constitutional reform can help fulfil twin goals of ending political under-representation and cracking down on instability in Somaliland, writes Liban Ahmad  The Fifth Somaliland President, Muuse Bihi, is facing political and constitutional challenges. How handles those challenges will foreshadow his legacy when his term in...

Horndiplomat-The Somaliland government banned the ceremonies and other entertainment events in the midnight, limiting to end 11:50 pm. Horndiplomat Reports Somaliland deputy interior minister Mohamed Muse Dirie told the local media has ordered all hotels in Somaliland that events can’t be held after 11:50 pm. "We ordered all...

Horndiplomat-The 3d Somaliland Media Summit (SMS) arranged by Somaliland Journalist Association (Solja) and supported by a National endowment held at Ambassador hotel, Hargeisa.Horndiplomat Reports Annual Media Summit and Awke Award 2018 commencement meeting will have discussed positive and negative impacts on Somaliland journalists. At the end of...

The region needs more ports, and there’s a race to build and control them. This February, the small African nation of Djibouti took control of the Red Sea container port of Doraleh from DP World, completing what it considers the final act in a lengthy...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland's president Muse Bihi Abdi makes a first cabinet reshuffle, the changes saw some ministers being replaced while others took new roles. Horndiplomat Reports   cabinet reshuffle 1:Yasin Haji Mohamoud Aka Faratoon - Ex-minister of education a date to be new minister of Somaliland's foreign affairs and international...

306 students from Somaliland who received scholarships pertaining to pursue tertiary education have arrived in Addis Ababa where officials from Somaliland’s diplomatic office in Ethiopia received them. 200 of them are about to pursue their first degree at the university, 100 will continue their Master’s...