Somaliland

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...

Hargeisa, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Somalia's Somaliland region, which has been seeking independence, said Sunday it is not party to the ongoing elections in Somalia. Somaliland Information Minister Osman Abdullahi Sahardid told reporters in the region's capital Hargeisa that Somaliland was keen on pursuing its...

By:Kate Douglas When Mohamed Abdilahi Dahir finished his high school education at 17, he left his home in Somaliland to learn English in Malaysia, before studying medicine in China. But nearly three years into his medical degree, his father died, and Dahir could no longer...

From bustling cafés to ancient cave paintings and pristine beaches, the quasi-country presents an abundance of unexpected attractions. by Paul Schemm FREE WIND 2014 / SHUTTERSTOCK Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region of Somaliland, is most visitors’ first port of call to this unusual quasi-country on...

Earlier today, my day off from lecturing – and my one month anniversary in Somaliland – I took the bus to the other side of town (from Cabaaye to Jigjigayar for those familiar with Hargeisa) to my favorite weekend spot – Safari Hotel –...

Horndiplomat-(Press Release)Rushanara will be holding a press conference at 12:00 PM on 21st November at 347 Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9RA. With around five million people in Somalia in need of humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs,...

By Chris WoodBBC News There may appear to be few similarities between Wales and a war-ravaged self-declared African republic where people suffering from mental health problems are chained up. Yet, a group of Cardiff men raising £100,000 to help them is just the latest chapter of...