Somaliland

The self-declared state of Somaliland is ravaged by one of the worst droughts on records. Hundreds of thousands of cattle have died, leaving families without income or food. More than 3.2 million people across Somaliland and Somalia need urgent food aid. The drought has led to...

Horndiplomat-This Monthly newsletter from the Election Monitoring Office provides a brief description of the political events that occurred in Somaliland, mostly relating with the election process. CPA was established to help the countries of Horn of Africa region to build, peace, democracy, human rights and effective governance...

By:CPA Introduction After ten years of election delays, finally the people of Somaliland are now expecting to elect their representatives of the Parliament. For the coming weeks, the Political Parties are finalizing the lists of the candidates of the House of Representatives and the Local Councils....

By:Dr Mohamed Osman Guudle Recognition is not automatic in the theory of the constitution. It is instead based on other states’ discretion (Guudle, 2019; Janis, 1996; Lauterpacht, 1955). In addition, the new state exists, at least legally, only when recognized by those other states. Certain...

By:Jama Hassan, Horndiplomat staff Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland celebrated the 110th National Day of the Republic of China(Taiwan) with more than 150 participants, including  Abdulrahman Ismail Saylici, Vice President of Somaliland,  ministers, government officials, MPs, members from the business sector, academia,...

In the second week of July, I was in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. There, I organized Huricap, a program of Amnesty Netherlands, committed to human rights education in Africa, a workshop on the investigation and documentation of human rights violations. There is, probably, a...

Driven by an energetic crown price, the UAE is building bases far beyond its borders TUCKED away behind rows of tin shacks and unkempt acacia trees, a cluster of tumbledown villas, mosques and a synagogue conjures up the grandeur of a port that once marked...

Horndiplomat- Livestock production accounts for between 60–65% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), employs over 70% of the population and contributes 85% of export earnings (MoNPD 2012). In 2014, a total of 3.4 million heads of livestock were exported, of which 3.1 million were...

Horndiplomat-Djibouti foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Yusuf receives Somaliland delegation led by Somaliland's Foreign minister Dr.Saad Ali Shire. Horndiplomat Reports  Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Accompanied by the Director-General Abdinasir Ahmed Hersi meets his Djibouti counterpart in Djibouti as he pushes for stronger diplomatic...

Somali graduates are proud, inquisitive and, in many cases, innovative. They are certainly ambitious and should be confident about their future in a country blessed with so much natural resources and potential.  Yet, at the best of times, there is a tragic disconnect between the...