Somaliland

The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, KF, has distributed food baskets to the students of the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan School for Orphans in Somaliland. The gesture is in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al...

A 21-year old Somalilander who represented Somalia in the annual DIHQA (Dubai International Holy Quran Award) competition has been arrested by Somaliland’s Security Forces, an official has confirmed. In an interview with SomalilandSpan.com, Somaliland’s representative to the United Arab Emirates, Bashe Awil Haji Omar, said Ismail...

The Government of Somaliland and Khatumo “administration” signed an agreement, consisting of five main points meant to thrash out the existing political differences. The two sides reached a common understanding on several issues among the Unity, Power sharing, Coexistence, Development and a united stance against...

By:Deniz Cam ,   FORBES STAFF Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Herding goats and camels in Somalia as a teenager, Mubarik Mohamoud had no idea he would go to college – let alone attend one of the world’s most prestigious universities, the Massachusetts...

The Somaliland Youth Peer Education Network (Y-Peer) is expanding its presence to be able to reach more young people with peer-to-peer education to promote healthy life styles, youth participation, civic engagement and leadership in the field of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and...

This article, written by Mikael Torstensson, Somaliland’s Special Envoy to the EU, explains why it is time for the international community to officially recognise Somaliland. Not only has it implemented a strong model of democracy that distinguishes it from other countries of the Horn of Africa...

By Jamal Ibrahim, jamal@alleastafrica.com HARGEYSA –  A Somali journalist held in detention for asking the health minister a question about his work attendance problems that frustrated many including patients seeking medical attention abroad who subsequently missed important appointments with the minister is in poor health...

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, is looking to expand its international route network with a new service to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. Starting July 4, the new service will operate twice a week, on Tuesdays and...

By Amine Ater Ethiopia is forced to find a new home port to break its addiction to Djibouti where pass 90% of Ethiopian trade flows The Ethiopian Government is currently negotiating to buy shares in a joint venture involving DP World Ltd. This company is about...

Well-adapted to the desert, but not to the modern world BARUUD ABOKOR has lived in Baligubadle for the past four decades. Before settling in this remote Somali town abutting the border with Ethiopia, he roamed widely. “I was master of myself,” he says. “The economy...