Somaliland

Hargeisa- 2nd September 2018 – There is new hope for Somali youth following a strong commitment from the government and other key stakeholders to address the rising youth unemployment by creating an enabling environment to promote decent employment specifically targeting young people. The commitment was...

Horndiplomat-EUCAP organized a Standards of Training and Certification of Watch-Keeping training course that kicked off on September 2nd at the Berbera Maritime and Fishery Academy in Somaliland. The course, focusing on safety issues, is part of a wider “Maritime Operational Capability Project’’ already underway in...

By:Adrian Blomfield  Unprepossessing and isolated, situated on a coastal strip so scorched the Somali called it “the Burnt Land”, Berbera was rarely a destination of choice for foreigners. Perspiring British officials posted to the Somaliland Protectorate disparaged the town as “the armpit of Empire”. Yet foreigners came...

Horndiplomat-Officials from Saudi chamber of commerce had a meeting with Somaliland delegation led by the vice president Abdirahman Abdilahi Ismail "Saili" at Jeddah. The two sides focusing on the meeting to strengthen the relationship between Saudi Arabia Somaliland and to create a new environment of business...

The Honorable Ex-Chairman Nassir Ali Shire, Ex-Chairperson of Somaliland’s House of Representatives Public Accounts Sub-Committee (PAC), correcting obliquely interpreted references to the world-class remittance company based on a report he made public early August, classified Dahabshiil as above reproach. The Honorable Member of Parliament, following up...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-On Wednesday, The President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi officially inaugurates the 2nd National Employment Conference held in Hargeisa.Horndiplomat Reports The conference was organized jointly by SONYO Umbrella, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Save the Children, DANIDA and the European...

In our childhood, listening to mother’s lullaby was the mere pacifier for relieving our irritating behavioral discomfort, and scary stories on impalpably abhorrent demons and wild predators were other techniques to defuse our inherent hyper-activity, frighten and make us immobilized in the securely warm...

By: Mohamed Duale Editor-in-Chief HornDiplomat  Tweets @MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse biihi finally signed the long-awaited Rape and Sexual Offences Bill. From today the Bill got into a law in Somaliland. Horndiplomat Reports On April 7, 2018, Somaliland Upper House “Guurti” approves legislation outlawing rape Under the new law, all forms of sexual offences would be criminalized, including rape, gang...

His Excellency the President of the Republic of Somaliland, Musa Bihi Abdi, Saturday, received Jama Mohamoud ‘Jama Yare’ (now popularly changed to ‘Jama Ceeryaan’), the father who positively changed the course of the El Afwein Clans Conflict mediation outcome on end of July. Father Jama was...

On August 14th, the (Somaliland) Minister of Investment Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud and a Maxtor Bank, a major Chinese bank has signed a billion dollar Memorandum of Understanding. The press event featured the bank’s leadership and the minister signing the deal where they both gave details...