Somaliland

Amid cheers and applause from the gathered officials and guest, Somaliland Vice President Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail (Saylici) has on Tuesday officially cut the ribbon symbolizing the opening of multimillion ultra-modern premises of Dahabshiil International Bank and Damal Hotel in the port city of Berbera. The...

Edna Adan went from the first Somali female to drive a car to a fearless FGM activist. Brought to you by: ICS Dr. Edna Adan, 79, was the first Somali-trained midwife in the UK, the first Somali woman to drive a car, and the first ‘First...

By Chris Giles, CNN (CNN)Musical icon Sahra Halgan was one of the many people who fled Somaliland after the brutal Siad Barre regime, which left the self-declared country in ruins. The capital, Hargeisa, was turned to rubble, with many public services and utilities destroyed. During the Somali...

Somaliland’s population was scattered across the globe by a devastating civil war in the late 1980s. Though it remains unrecognised as a separate nation from Somalia, Somaliland is now a haven of relative peace in the unstable region. During July and August the population...

Horndiplomat-The Somaliland's Civil Society Election forum Released Press Statement on distribution of voting cards On July 11th 2017.Horndiplomat Reports   SCISEF Press  Statement  the Representatives from Somaliland Civil Society Election Forum (SCISEF) convened half-day meeting at the Office of Somaliland Non State Actors Forum (SONSAF) in Hargeisa....

Think of your colleagues. Now imagine spending almost 24 hours a day with them - at work, after work, at meals. And imagine they are pretty much the only adults you see for months at a time. That's been Tauranga-raised teacher Andrew Neal's life for the...

By:Rakiya Omaar and Caitlin Lambert, Horizon Institute Somaliland does not enjoy international recognition as an independent state, but it does have what its people regard as their most precious asset : peace. After seceding from Somalia in May 1991, following a prolonged and bloody civil...

5 June 2017: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST REF: 0328-17 Thank you for your email of 3 April 2017 asking for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. You asked: Does the Government of the United Kingdom recognise the Republic of Somaliland? If not,...

By Awad Mustafa Two overseas Arab military garrisons are being established to secure a hold over one of the world’s most crucial chokepoints, right across the waters from Arabia. The military expansion is a clear reflection of a need felt across the Gulf Arab capitals to...

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...