Somaliland

Air Arabia, Tuesday, joined Ethiopian Airlines and FlyDubai in maiden flight to Hargeisa’s Egal International Airport of the Republic of Somaliland.The airliner made a touchdown at Somaliland’s capital city at sundown to a rapturous welcome from the country’s top political, traditional and business leaders. His...

Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has called for unity talks between his country and Somaliland. Farmajo said during Somalia’s 57th independence anniversary speech on Saturday that the government is committed to relaunch talks with Somaliland as soon as possible, Somali news agency SONNA reported. He expressed...

The Somaliand's Minister of Foreign Affairs , Dr. Sa’ad Ali Shire, formally signed with his UAE counterparts an agreement detailing the terms and process shaping up two development programs included in the deal reached with the Emirates to provide that country with a military base...

By Mohamoud Walaaleeye A Republic of Somaliland Diplomat met with the Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Moussa F. Mahamat at AU premises, Addis Ababa, where the AU‘s ordinary summit was underway. Ambassador Ayanle Salad Dirie, deputy Amb of Somaliland Mission at Ethiopia meeting with new...

It's being described as the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II. More than 20 million people are at risk of starvation, mostly in Africa. The tiny self-declared state of Somaliland has been hit hard by the worst drought in living memory, combined with...

The self-declared state of Somaliland is ravaged by one of the worst droughts on records. Hundreds of thousands of cattle have died, leaving families without income or food. More than 3.2 million people across Somaliland and Somalia need urgent food aid. The drought has led to...

By M.A. Egge The President H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo yesterday hailed some members of his cabinet, who paid him a courtesy call, for their steadfastness and diligence in serving the nation. The Head of State who is currently in the United Arab Emirates on a...

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...

Network Airline Management (NAM) has transported over 57 tonnes of urgent relief goods on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross to a field hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The cargo, mainly IV fluid, was flown from Liege in Belgium to Nairobi on a wet-leased B747-400F operated by Kenya-based carrier...

By Associated Press June 26 CAIRO — With soccer sponsorships, record-setting skyscrapers and wintertime golfing, the United Arab Emirates has projected an image of comfort and opportunity in a volatile region. But the quiet expansion of its military footprint is drawing a different kind of...