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Hamed Jama Hussein: The conscience of Aden

the son of Aden, the intellectual, translator, writer, journalist and political figure Hamed Jama Hussein, (aka حامد جامع)
Written By.By. Nasri Mubarak Baghrib,Adentime He did not seek to emerge or fame throughout his life .., and lived his own philosophy Madamekha simplicity and asceticism in the enjoyment of the world and its decoration and hypocrisy .. Despite his queens of creativity and human...

Musa Bihi – Somaliland’s New President Has Work To Do

With the inauguration of Muse Bihi Abdi on 13 December 2017, Somaliland’s oft-delayed presidential election process officially ended. The Kulmiye party retained power, but the president changed for the third time in 14 years – impressive for an unrecognised nation, all the more so...

Fake news from aid agencies causes real hardship

WorldRemit founder and CEO Ismail Ahmed took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt London to talk about his company and his views on the future of remittances.
By: Ismail Ahmed When aid agencies push false narratives to make a case for funding, it’s not just accuracy that’s the casualty. It’s the people that suffer, in very real terms. Recently, Save the Children reported that 90% of families in Somaliland and Somalia were no...

Somaliland Police caught between a rock and a hard place 

The Somaliland public and political class clip wings of Somaliland Police Force writes Liban Ahmad  On Saturday 1 December Somaliland MPs voted to amend some articles in the Police Act. Amendments will make Somaliland Police service more draconian, according to Guled Jama, Director of Human...

Who want to bury Somaliland’s unity alive?

Who want to bury Somaliland’s unity alive?
By: Mousse Abdi Mohamoud, The Republic of Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 after years of war had culminated in the overthrow of the Somali dictator Siyad Barre. Since then Somaliland has proven the most stable entity in the region. Despite setbacks during two internal...

Somalia’s Farmajo Abused Saudi & UAE Political Goodwill

The nominated President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullah Farmajo received wide diplomatic and financial support from Saudi Arabia and UAE during his selection-based election process. The Saudi and UAE governments sponsored millions of dollars’ worth projects in Somalia including building of the nation's army and...

An Open letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister

An Open letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dear Prime minister, Imagine Agaro or Jimma town bombarded and destroyed by planes belonging to the Ethiopian Army whose whole and sole responsibility was to protect, not to bomb its people. What if MIG17 were to take off...

Op-Ed: The rights of the self-determination (a case of Somaliland)

The rights of the self-determination (a case of Somaliland) What is the self-determination according to the international law? The concept of self-determination is virtually as old as the concept of statehood itself, since its inception, self-determination has undergone dramatic alterations in many aspects, from an idea concept...

Somaliland:High Dollar Rates, Inflation And Hard Living Conditions In Somaliland: A Critical beset in Livelihood and Peaceful Co-existence of the People

By: Sharmarke Abdi Musse The people of Somaliland from north to south have been encountering serious inflations. The dollar rate has reached unprecedented rate.The living conditions have been invariably inflated by the increase of dollar rates since the livelihood is based on Dollar currency. People are...

Ending the Archaic Practice: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Photo: Najah Mawlid Hayir, A 2nd year Journalist Student who is advocating to end FGM on 16Days of Activism. Credit of the Picture: Shucayb Obsiye/Horn Cable TV
By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and girls - from Female Genital Mutilation, to Child Marriage, sexual...