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In May 1991, Somaliland emerged as a self-declared independent state in the aftermath of the failure and subsequent collapse of Siyad Barre’s Somalia. Although ethnically and linguistically Somalilanders are undistinguishable from their counterparts in Somalia, the republic of Somaliland has achieved an important distinction:...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — On a dreary morning in Franklin Square along K Street in Northwest Washington layers of donated clothes keep the homeless warm. Finding shelter and food defines their day. Dawud Proctor knows the struggle of homelessness all too well. “Yeah it’s tough. I...

UNITED NATIONS:-The United States on Friday proposed that South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar, its army chief and its information minister face UN sanctions for fueling violence in the war-torn country. Machar, President Salva Kiir's army chief Paul Malong and his information minister Michael Makuei...

Somali-American Halima Aden is competing for the title of Miss Minnesota USA and she’s hoping to diversify the archetypal image of beauty pageant contestants. Born in a Kenyan refugee camp, Aden moved to Minnesota ― home to one of the largest Somali communities in America...

By:KUN LI Surviving motherhood and infancy in Somalia is a tenuous thing given what the country’s healthcare professionals are up against. Fifteen-day-old Faadumo lies quietly with her big, dark eyes wide open. Her tiny head and dainty fists rest on a nest of blankets, starting with...

The lavish wedding of the daughter of an Indian politician has sparked outrage as millions across the country are in the midst of a cashflow crisis. The five-day wedding of businessman and ex-state minister G Janardhana Reddy's daughter, Brahmani, is estimated to cost about 5bn...

(AFP) - Kenya on Wednesday agreed to suspend the closure of Dabaab refugee camp, the world's largest, for six months after coming under fire over the fate of its 280,000 inhabitants, most of them Somalis. The decision to push the deadline back to May 2017...

Horndiplomat-Drought Declaration in Somaliland and an Appeal for Urgent Humanitarian Relief Assistance. The Government of Somaliland is declaring the existence of serious drought conditions in the country. The El Nino phenomenon has had a devastating effect on Somaliland. For the past 2-3 years, the rains...

President Uhuru Kenyatta left the country on Tuesday for Morocco to attend the 22nd Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - also known as COP22. State House said that the conference will focus on the implementation of...

Somalia will elect a president at the end of November, and that election will have a large impact on the Somali population in Minnesota. Alastair Leithead, BBC foreign correspondent in Mogadishu, spoke in a recorded interview about the build-up to the presidential election in Somalia. Professor...