Somaliland

Last week, I visited the newly inaugurated Public Library of Hargeisa ; it was located in a beautiful environment, with the latest engineering designs. It was an amazingly quiet place for reading books. The first Public Library in Hargeisa was established in 1976, but...

Canada’s Mo Ahmed closed with amazing speed through the final bend and down the stretch to claim Olympic silver on Friday in the men’s 5,000 metres, a race dominated so long by Kenyans, Ethiopians and Great Britain’s Mo Farah, who won the previous two...

A northern Virginia man who served decades ago as a colonel in the Somali Army is facing accusations in a federal courtroom that he tortured and killed those perceived as enemies of the government. A civil jury in Alexandria heard opening statements and testimony Monday...

By:UNICEF While all schools in Somaliland were closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education and Science of Somaliland, with UNICEF’s support, started broadcasting free radio and TV lessons to give children an opportunity to continue learning. "I didn’t know it was possible...

The breakaway north-east African state of Somaliland is claiming that neighbouring Somalia is trying to assert authority over its telecoms sector through a new law. Somalia passed a new telecoms law last week. The National Communications Act is designed to regulate the country’s telecoms sector,...

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:Ashley Hamer Berbera, Somaliland - Up to one million sheep and goats crowd vast, smelly pens across three quarantine stations in the searing heat and desert wind outside Somaliland's ancient Red Sea port town of Berbera. During the weeks of the peak season, a steady stream of...

By M.A. Egge Somaliland President Musa Bihi Abdi who happens to be also the Chairman of the ruling KULMIYE party and both the Chairmen of WADDANI and UCID parties Mr Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro and Eng. Faisal Ali Hussein decried the Booker institutions of going...

By Giacomo Tognini spiring nations like Catalonia and Kurdistan captured global headlines last year in their high-profile bids to secede from Spain and Iraq. Far from the spotlight, another would-be country in the Horn of Africa continued its ongoing struggle for independence and held democratic elections...

International Republican Institute (IRI) Job Title: Local Program Officer, Hargeisa Job Type: Full-Time Location: Hargeisa - Somaliland Category: Other Description: Local Program Officer, Hargeisa JOB ANNOUNCEMENT POSITION TITLE: Local Program Officer LOCATION: Hargeisa, Somaliland TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Fixed term, six (6) months with possibility of extension ESTIMATED START DATE: As soon as possible CLOSING DATE: October...