Somaliland

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...

 There has been an outpouring of condolences for renowned Somali scholar Hussein Mohamed Adan known affectionately as Hussein Tanzania who passed away on Jan 14th at his home in Boston. Dr. Hussein Tanzania authored several books and was most known for being the founder of...

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...