Somaliland

The first phase of talks for the Republic of Somaliland and Khatumo officials have been successfully concluded in Addis Ababa, Yesterday. The talks followed initial contacts the two sides made in Addis Ababa and Dubai, resulting in the talks formally starting on the 17th at...

By Awad Mustafa in Dubai   The United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement to establish a second foreign military base in the Horn of Africa. The new base, according to the source present at the negotiations, will be established at the coastal city of Berbera in...

Abdulahi Mohammed Duale Somaliland’s former foreign minister is a seasoned diplomat with  a real leadership experience. He is one of the longest serving cabinet ministers in Somaliland, he was a cabinet member for 17 years out of the 25 years Somaliland existed after regaining...

Why Somaliland will not unite with Somalia   Republic of Somaliland won independence on 26th June 1960 with one of the few elected governments in Africa, it’s people organized one of the Africa’s first democratic election on Feb 1960.  Three parties participated in the election including Somali...

At the Somalia Police Transport headquarters in Mogadishu, ‘elections’ of the remaining seats for people who claim to be representing the people of the Republic of Somaliland, and supported in full by the United Nations in Somalia (UNSOM) resumed. https://twitter.com/UNSomalia/status/810807482725568512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/UNSomalia/status/810766597564596224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Despite the well-founded protestations of the...

On December 12, a Waddani delegation led by Waddani new “leader”, Hersi Ali Haj Hassan,  left for Nairobi, where, ostensibly, they were to join the Somaliland House Speaker, the founder of Waddani Party and its candidate for President in the upcoming elections and its...

Three Somali startups have shared US$15,000 in investment after coming out on top of the demo day that was the culmination of the inaugural Innovate Ventures accelerator programme. Disrupt Africa reported earlier this year Innovate Ventures announced the 12 early-stage Somali startups accepted onto the...

Is it all right here? Is everything under control, feels it is safe and secure? Police on the street in the city of Berbera on the coast of the Gulf of Aden smiles and convincing. He wants proof that we feel safe and like...

Somaliland, located in the Horn of Africa, is a semi-desert land with minimum rainfall in two rainy seasons, Dayr and Gua. The latter is expected to give more water in March to May every year. Majority of Somaliland people live in rural areas1 with...

Monday 28 Nov 2016-Somaliland’s justice system took another leap forward towards its goal of “Justice for All” with the handover a computerised system to track criminal cases and make the previous system of paper files and notes obsolete. “This is fantastic. It will be so...