Somaliland

By Scott Pegg and Michael Walls November 10 at 7:00 AM On Nov. 13, Somalilanders will vote for a new president. The campaign kicked off in dramatic fashion in October with Somaliland’s first-ever presidential debate shown live on national television, and large campaign rallies. Here’s what you need to know: Somaliland has...

By.M.A.Egge Residents of Lasanod in Sool enjoy a better energy services supply and billing system than the rest of the country, hence pay 70% to 80% less than practically elsewhere. According to correspondent Ahmed Mohammed Suleiman who has just returned from the region, the power lighting...

By M.A. Egge The National Electoral Commission (NEC) of the Republic of Somaliland held a wide-ranging meeting on Wednesday to discuss issues related to the preparation, completion and issuance of the final list of potential voters (Final...

Horndiplomat-(Press Release)Rushanara will be holding a press conference at 12:00 PM on 21st November at 347 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9RA. With around five million people in Somalia in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,...

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) in collaboration with Ethiopian Airlines launched a platinum co-branded card payment. The bank was able to facilitate the sale of Ethiopian e-tickets worth nearly 260 million Birr within ten months through its digital payment channels in 2019. During the...

Horndiplomat-Following the recent heavy rainfall which happened within the past fortnight, Sanaag residents have at least lost almost all of the remaining livestock that survived the long spell of drought and famine. At least 18 to 19 thousand sheep, goats and associated livestock have perished...

By: MohamadDuale Horndiplomat-Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi Inaugurated three mobile harbor cranes acquired by Somaliland’s strategic port of Berbera. The Dubai company tasked with expanding the Somaliland port of Berbera has commissioned the first Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC) at the harbour. The US$12 million three new cranes are...

UK Parliament debate, MP Stephen Doughty praises Birmingham for joining Cardiff, Sheffield and Tower Hamlets in recognizing Somaliland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuyZFwWwjs8

Few years ago, millions of Somalilanders were unable to access basic financial services - such as opening a bank account due to political constraints they also could not transfer money nor get microcredit. Today, one of the world’s most ambitious experiments in mobile money...

By:Jonathan Starr This idea had been with me for a long time: to start a school for really talented kids who have great potential that will otherwise go wasted. Over a decade earlier, when I was still in college, I’d entertained the idea of finding...