Somaliland

On 25th January 2018, Human Rights Centre, held a workshop to review the Centre which celebrates its 5th anniversary. Established five years ago, the Board of Directors decided to invite the stakeholders to evaluate the Centre. The Director General of the Ministry of Justice,...

Somaliland government should immediately release jailed poet Naema Ahmed Ibrahim, Human Rights Centre said in a statement. On 27th January 2018, Naema Ahmed Ibrahim, a poet, was arrested by the National Intelligence Agency from Hargeisa Egal International Airport while she was traveling to Mogadishu, according to...

ParalympicsGB's Abdi Jama on his wheelchair basketball career A British Paralympian who plays wheelchair basketball has said he wants to inspire other young people to take up sports. Abdi Jama, who is from the self-declared republic of Somaliland, fell out of a window at the age...

The Republic of Somaliland is a sovereign state in the Horn of Africa sharing its borders with Republic of Djibouti, Federal Republic of Ethiopia and Somalia to the east. The country is known of its mountain ranges rising up to seven thousand feet. The...

Somaliland looks to be on the verge of enacting a bill that would punish anyone found guilty of a sexual offense. It's not that rape is legal in Somaliland, a self-declared republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991 but is not recognized internationally. The...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Government declares new droughts in several regions affecting 1.7 million people, many need emergency assistance. Authorities cite low rainfall for recurring droughts.Horndiplomat Reports The chairman said  1,755,000 people affected by the drought currently in Somaliland. The chairman of the Disaster Preparedness and Food Storage agency,...

EXCLUSIVE: Pioneering project in Somaliland delivers first harvest of lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers - all grown using only sea water A ground-breaking project to grow vegetables with seawater has produced its first harvest in Somaliland, green tech start-up Seawater Greenhouse announced today. The UK firm has reaped...

Horndiplomat-In cooperation with the Somaliland Attorney General Office (AGO) and under the umbrella of the Counter Piracy Coordination Office, EUCAP organized and funded the fourth round of a Maritime Legal workshop in Hargeisa, Somaliland from January 28-30. Participants from the Judiciary (judges and prosecutors), Police,...

Somaliland, a country that is yet to be recognized as an independent state from Somalia held its third presidential election on November 2017. A delegation along with the new president visited Ethiopia this week and spoke to Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and other government officials....

Somaliland schooling standards have undergone unpredictable situations since it reclaimed its independence from the rest of what was formerly known as a Somali Democratic Republic in 1991, it seems that a cross section of younger adults are growing up without access to high quality...