Somaliland

President Trump's decision to ban the citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries has jeopardized the university dreams of hundreds of students from the self-declared republic of Somaliland. The Abaarso boarding school in Somaliland has become an unlikely feeder school for elite universities in the United States,...

By Michael Walls Somaliland’s presidential election is currently officially scheduled to take place on 28 March 2017, although a recent agreement, yet to be ratified by the upper house (Guurti), would see that vote delayed to 10 October 2017 Under that recent, unratified deal,...

Though not internationally recognized, Somaliland has a fully functioning political system, government institutions, a police force and its own currency, Somaliland is a nation that governs itself despite lacking recognition. Geographically Somaliland locates in the horn of Africa’s most strategic landscape; it has 740...

Horndiplomat- International partners released official statement that to talk about Somaliland Decission on the postponement of the Presidential and Local elections.  International partners Statement International partners to Somaliland express their strongest sympathies with the Somaliland people affected by the drought experienced at the moment across Somaliland. Donors...

By Osman Sultan Ali The people of Eastern Somaliland face the severest drought in nearly 100 years. Their livestock have already been decimated. The inhabitants are starving and may soon die in large numbers unless a massive aid intervention is undertaken now. However, Mr. Hussein Abdi...

By: Sharmarke Abdi Musse The people of Somaliland from north to south have been encountering serious inflations. The dollar rate has reached unprecedented rate.The living conditions have been invariably inflated by the increase of dollar rates since the livelihood is based on Dollar currency. People are...

By Faysal Hassan Former Puntland President Abdurahman Sheikh Mohamed Farole has said that the current Somaliland government could potentially be regarded as a regional Somali state in an interview yesterday. The Somali senator and current presidential candidate also said that Upper House’s election in Mogadishu signals...

New York, January 20, 2017--Somaliland Attorney General Hasan Ahmed Hasan should immediately drop his appeal of a court's acquittal of two journalists charged with publishing false news and operating an unlicensed newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. An appeals court in Hargeisa, the...

MORODIJEEX – It was early morning when a young sheikh, Abdi Iidan, and his wife joined the long queue leading to a tent in Morodijeex, Somaliland. Mr. Iidan stood out from the crowd; women dominated the queue. They were seeking reproductive health services, offered through...

By Jamal Abdi Sarman Hargeisa, Somaliland, January 2017 – More than fifty female teachers from across Somaliland  could be set to become head teachers after completing a two year Diploma course in school management and administration. The 53 teachers graduated from the UNICEF-supported course which was...