Somaliland

In the framework of UNESCO’s support towards the sustainable development of the Somali Culture Sector, and in partnership and with the financial support of the French Embassy in Kenya and Somalia, UNESCO sent a technical expert mission to Somaliland from 28 October to 2...

Horndiplomat-A senior British diplomat said on Sunday that the world would be surprised and disappointed if Somalia held its elections on time this year and Somaliland failed to meet its own timetable of March 2017 for Presidential polls. Andrew Allen, the Deputy Ambassador to Somalia,...

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has conferred today with a delegation led by a Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo on issues of bilateral relations and common interests. The two leaders exchanged views on fostering their existing cooperation in trade, investment and economic development. They...

HORNDIPLOMAT-EUCAP Nestor organized a Maritime Legislation Workshop in Hargeisa, Somaliland in partnership with the Attorney General’s Office from October 24th to 26th. Thirty-one participants – three of them women- came from the Prosecution Office, the Somaliland Coast Guard and Immigration Department. The Acting Head of the...

Horndiplomat-on 18 October, 2016 - The Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is proud to announce the creation of the @Somaliland account on twitter, which is hosted online at www.twitter.com/somaliland. With the help of staff at twitter, the @Somaliland handle has been...

Horndiplomat-After the President of Somaliland Ahmed Mohamed Siilanyo official invitation from the Ruler of Dubai, UAE. The government of Somaliland engaged in a direct business negotiation with Dubai Ports (DP World). On Sep 2016, Somaliland government signed an agreement with DP World, which is authorizing...

Somaliland Non- State Actors Forum (SONSAF) and Somaliland Society in Europe (SSE) held extensive discussions during the months of September and October of this year. These discussions focused on the electoral process and the need for timely, free and fair elections to be held on 28 March...

  By M.A. Egge THT-(Hargeisa): The government has footed the election bill that is to cater for the remainder of tasks in the forthcoming Presidential Elections. The state is living by its pledge, wish and want to see to it that the forthcoming elections scheduled for the...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Foreign Minister Dr. Saad Ali Shire took advantage of his recent trip to the UK to meet with parliamentarians and other state officials, to pay a visit to the Taiwanese Ambassador H.E David Y.L. Lin at the Taipei Representative Office in London. The...

From the cave paintings at Laas Geel to striking colonial architecture, the people of this self-declared East African nation have good reason to be proud. It is well worth a visit, even if tourism infrastructure is lacking BY JAMES JEFFREY Rather surprisingly, as a Briton, I...