Somaliland

The United Arab Emirates is in the process of landing permission to establish a military post in Somaliland, a self-governing province that has so far failed to achieve international recognition as a sovereign nation. UAE delegates submitted a formal request to establish a defense base in the...

Only a third of Africans believe that votes in elections are always counted fairly, according to a survey conducted by Afrobarometer. As many an African can attest, this is a major problem as a disputed poll can become tinder for violent protests and instability, and...

The Waddani party, Somaliland’s main opposition party, has hotly denied that it is seeking to reunite with Somalia ahead of this year’s elections. Somaliland has been independent since 1991 and the collapse of the Siad Barre regime. On December 23, the Star published a story headlined...

By Mary Harper BBC News, Hargeisa, Somaliland During every visit to the self-declared republic of Somaliland, I notice something new. This time, there are even more multi-storey shopping malls, hotels and luxury villas in the capital, Hargeisa. Just two decades ago it was known as The Dresden...

By Zeenat Hansrod The United Arab Emirates is proving to be a powerful actor in the Northeast Africa peninsula which is home to eight nations. It has secured two military bases, one in Eritrea and the other one in Somaliland, strategic for the fight in...

Senior Planning Adviser - Somaliland Somalia Country Programme, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Danida As Senior Planning Adviser within the Ministry of Planning and National Development, you will assist and advise the Minister on the implementation, managing and reporting related to the Somaliland National Development Plan...

In a tradition dating to Biblical times, men rise at dawn in the rugged Cal Madow mountains of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa to scale rocky outcrops in search of the prized sap of wild frankincense trees. Bracing against high winds, Musse Ismail Hassan...

Somaliland’s main opposition leader has hinted at a possible unification with Somalia ahead of next year’s elections. Somaliland, which acquired independence in 1991 during the civil war that erupted after the collapse of Siyad Barre, still remains an autonomous region of Somalia, subject to the...

ERIGAVO, SOMALILAND — Demand puts harvesters at risk It is one of the largest sectors of the economy in this small breakaway republic in the Horn of Africa. And increased demand has threatened the ancient trade as men in Somaliland risk their lives to harvest...

Horndiplomat-The Somaliland’s Council of Ministers has approved the budget for the year 2017 today  during their weekly Council of Ministers’ meeting. The Minister of Finance Ms.Zamzam abdi aden , presented the draft budget on Thursday in council’s weekly meeting chaired by President Ahmed Mohamed...