Somaliland

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....

Horndiplomat-On 13th November 2017, a presidential election will take place where over seven hundred registered citizens will vote for the man who will rule Somaliland the coming five years. Three presidential candidates representing three political parties are competing for the office of the presidency...

By: United Nations Hargeisa – On a visit to Hargeisa today, a senior United Nations official pledged the world body’s support for efforts to rebuild the Waheen marketplace which was recently destroyed in a blaze. “I am...

The Dahabshil remittance company played a major role in organizing the 7th conference of the Heritage Forum which has recently concluded in Djibouti. The Heritage Conference is held every year in Djibouti, and the Dahabshiil company always...

Human Rights Centre (HRC) calls on the government of Somaliland to immediately release four people who are arbitrarily imprisoned. On July 2018 Abdilahi Farah Abdilaahi, 13 years, Said Jama Ismail, 16 years, Jama Ibrahim Hasan, and Mohamed Abdilaahi Mohamed were rounded up from different places...

Last month, voters in Somaliland, a country in the horn of Africa, bigger than England and Wales combined, went to the polls to elect a new president. In many respects, Somaliland is a place apart. Unique amongst two-dozen states in the wider region, it is...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Global Diaspora forum calls President and Political parties to respect the will of the people that they represent, and to work together to hold the elections. The following statement was issued today by the Somaliland Global Diaspora forum  we are calling THE PRESIDENT AND the...

BBC Africa Editor Mary Harper meets Somalia's most beloved poet in a rare glimpse into the country's soul. In Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland, everyone knows the nation's most famous living poet - Hadraawi. They call him their Shakespeare. His work...

New carrier Djibouti Shipping Lines (DSL) plans to launch a container shuttle service in April connecting Djibouti to Berbera (Somaliland), according to Alphaliner. The new service will act as a feeder for cargoes destined to or originating from Berbera, which are transhipped to and from...

Horndiplomat-Center for policy analysis released report on Sources of campaign financing in 2017 Somaliland  presidential election.   INTRODUCTION The linkage between money and politics is a powerful one, with implications for democracy, especially in new democracies. Political parties financing laws and regulations, through which political parties and...