Somaliland

by Tirsit Yetbarek Seme Hargeisa’s Saryan Museum is a small wonder . The peaceful atmosphere around the white buildings of its compound, not far from the Hargeisa Cultural Centre, in the Sha'ab neighbourhood of Somaliland’s capital, gives a feeling of nothing much happening, but the...

Hardly a week goes by without more news of yet another foreign power looking to establish a presence in the Horn of Africa. Not since the dark days of the Cold War has the region received such interest, little wonder then that some have...

By M.A. Egge The Africa Science Week is simultaneously held in eleven countries in Africa as a campaign to boost girl participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) which has included Somaliland in its focus was...

Horndiplomat-The Somaliland national library project has begun  to develop a national library service for Somaliland to improve educational standards and act as a stimulus for cultural heritage in the country. The project proposes a national library, regional libraries and a book donation scheme to...

Unusually heavy rains and floods have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and destroyed crops in the Horn of Africa. CNN international correspondent Jomana Karadsheh travelled to Somaliland where people were already suffering before the latest rains hit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhTmMkbJbMc&feature=youtu.be

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...

Written by: Stephen Doughty MP, Zac Goldsmith MP, Liz McInnes MP and Matthew Offord MPHouse of Commons Posted On: 26th June 2018 8 Parliamentarians mark today's 58th anniversary since the former British protectorate of Somaliland attained independence from the United Kingdom. They call on the...

By: The Wall Street Journal Zack Vanmeter, a private equity investor in Naples, Florida, called the Somaliland government last week asking if he would accept thousands of Afghan refugees. “He suddenly called me,” said Bashir Goth, Washington’s representative for the Somaliland. Two days later, on August 25,...

By: Horndiplomat Staff Somaliland's Civil Aviation Authority announces that Fly Dubai will resume its flights to Somaliland. "Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority and Dubai civil aviation Authority agreed to resume the Fly Dubai flights to Somaliland"Omer sayid the director of Somaliland Civil Aviation Authority In April 2020,...

By:EARTH University In 2014, Khaalid Ahmed Awali (’18, Somaliland) excitedly learned he had been admitted to EARTH University. The moment was made even sweeter when he heard that his friend Saeed Mohamud Farah (’18, Somaliland), too, had been admitted. Both fully funded as Mastercard Foundation scholars, eagerly traveled to Costa...