Somaliland

By: Staff writer The Somaliland Football Tournament that opened on 26 October in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, concluded with an exciting match between Maroodijeeh region and Daadmadheedh region. The Daadmadheedh region won the match 2-1, with an estimated crowd of 20,000 people packing Hargeisa Stadium. The...

By: Guled Ahmed Hashi Since Somaliland re-asserted its independence from Somalia in 1991, the private school sector played an important role in education in Somaliland. In the early 90s and 2000s, Arabic based schools (Maca-hid) were the leading educational facilities in Somaliland whereby girls and...

By: MoDuale Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi on Sunday congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after his election win saying he looked forward to working together with the new administration and strengthening the two countries' alliance. "On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic...

Emirati low-cost airlines flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int'l) and Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) have found themselves in the middle of a political tug of war between Somalia and Somaliland. The airlines have been told to apologise to the people and government of Somaliland after they adhered to a Somali government ban on...

By:ANADOLU Turkey’s state development aid agency has donated 300 beehives to help boost the livelihoods of farmers in Somaliland. In a statement, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) noted that farmers in Hawd, Somaliland were trained on modern bee-keeping techniques before being given modern beehives...

Press-Statement On 04 November 2020: the Somaliland Journalists Association is firmly against today’s court verdict of 5 years imprisonment to Abdimanaan Yusuf the owner of independent renowned Astaan Cable TV. SOLJA is concerned and disappointed on the suspension of Television and fining with 2 Million SL...

By Ahmed Mohammed Osman in Hargeisa and Njoki Mwangi in Nairobi    In June of 2019, while many of her peers were out socializing and having fun, Shukri Habib Saed was busy burning the midnight oil. She was determined to get the best possible grades in...

By: M. A. Egge The Somaliland nation has just witnessed the first fully-fledged batch of pioneering cadet officers, who have graduated from Abdillahi Askar Military Academy at Dararweyne, Sunday 31st Nov, 2020. While overseeing the passing-out parade of the officers at the academy, Somaliland President Musa...

Somaliland now wants the United Nations to deal with the country as an independent nation from Somalia. The internationally unrecognized country has taken a swipe at the UN for disrespecting its sovereignty and working with Somalia to micromanage affairs in their country. As a result, Somaliland...

Press-Release Taiwan Representative Office in the Republic of Somaliland is scheduled to hold the “2020 Taiwan Trade Fair-From Somaliland to East Africa” at the Grand Haadi Hotel, Hargeisa from October 28th to 29th. To introduce Taiwan excellence and to promote high-quality products through Somaliland to East...