Somaliland ,UAE Sign Agreement on Major Berbera corridor and New Airport in Berbera
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...
Somaliland Diplomat meets with New African Union Chairperson Mousa Faki in Addis Ababa
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...
Somaliland’s children dying as drought and border dispute create fatal mix
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...
Somaliland ravaged by crippling drought, with families left without food or income
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...
Somaliland:President Receives Ministers who paid him courtesy call visit
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...
Hadraawi: The Shakespeare of Somalia
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...
NAM and Astral join forces for Red Cross aid flights to Somaliland
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...
UAE military buildup draws scrutiny after Yemen allegations
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...
Somaliland offers investors chance to make history
Prosperity will support the republic’s bid for international recognition
by: Saad Ali Shire
A farmer offloading goats at the morning livestock market to prospective customers; a teenager buying an ice-cold Diet Coke from a rural roadside stall; an entrepreneur paying for an espresso at a buzzing,...
Somaliland livestock faces an ‘existential threat’ in the era of climate change
Now that we fasted during the holy month of Ramadan and the dust of the drought settled, a dialogue that aims to discuss how to prepare for future drought is imperative in the mainstream discourse. Somaliland is geographically positioned in areas prone to insufficient rainfall. Due to...