Somaliland

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...

Horndiplomat-The Government of Somaliland supports Coalitions led by Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, that formally say they are severing diplomatic relations with Qatar. The government of Somaliland released press statement that stated Somaliland stand with Saudi- led coalition that against Qatar and also Somaliland not...

By Nizar Manek Friday June 9, 2017 Ethiopia is in talks to acquire shares in a joint venture involving DP World Ltd. that will manage a port in northern Somalia, a Somali official said, a move that could give the fast-growing yet landlocked Horn of Africa...

Jama Abdi Abdile is a roving physician in a small village in Somaliland, who does not allow limited access to medication and inadequate facilities to hinder his patient care. Small-town doctors have the unenviable task of making house calls at odd hours to treat patients...

A Somali civil aviation official says at least 15 Qatar Airways flights have used Somalia’s airspace since Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations moved to sever links with the Gulf nation. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to...

Horndiplomat-Press Release: The Somaliland Presidential Condolences regarding London Terror Attack on Saturday night, 3rd of June 2017. Date: 05.06.2017 The President of Republic of Somaliland; H.E. Ahmed Mohamed (Silanyo) In The Name of ALLAH the Most Merciful Most Magnificent; The terror attack in London on Saturday, 3rd of...

In the first of a three-part special looking at the Horn of Africa, Steve Bloomfield explores a country in a state of flux: Somalia. The threat of terror, corruption and famine are high and help from outside often does more harm than good. Is...