Somaliland

HORNDIPLOMAT-An initiative to reduce the duty imposed on miraa from Kenya by Somaliland is being well received by potential voters in the Nyambene region of Meru County, a good number who draw their income from the sale of that crop. Last week, Meru Governor Peter...

Horndiplomat-On May 18, Somaliland, a long existing and yet unrecognized state, hosts a celebration like no other. Seeing its streets filled with color and buzz, it is almost hard to believe that this autonomous entity was once part of Somalia.Somaliland: Seeking Recognition Somaliland’s fight...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland cabinet in its weekly session approved the agreement between Somaliland and the DP WORLD on the management and the investment of the strategic port of Berbera Thursday 27 July 2016. @Horndiplomat Reports. May 2016 the republic of somaliland and the Dubai Port World signed...

Horndiplomat-The President of the republic of Somaliland Ahmed Mahamud Silanyo received EU Special Representative for Somalia and Somaliland, Mr. Michele Cevone D’Urso and deputy British Ambassador to Ethiopia, Cat Evans along with other diplomats Sunday 24, July according to a press release. The President thanked...

By KOIGI WA MWERE Horndiplomat-Currently there is an economic crisis in Meru County because Kenyan miraa is banned in Somalia in retaliation for the closure of the Dabaab Refugee Camp. It is also banned in the UK, the European Union by al Shabaab upon unscientific claims...

Horndiplomat-Turkish consul based in Hargeisa Mr. Muzaffer Yuksel urges Somaliland authority to take the same footsteps of countries suspended the humanitarian assistance provided by Association affiliated with the Muslim cleric Mr. Fethullah Gülen who Turkey accuses him being...

Horndiplomat-Meru County Governor Peter Munya has urged the government to promote the Miraa market in Somaliland that buys most of its Miraa plant from Ethiopia. Munya who was speaking at Kabachi in Igembe North Sub County during the burial of the late Mzee Peter Njilu...

Written by:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Horndiplomat-Democracy without timely elections is an other form of authoritarianism and infringement of people’s democratic and constitutional rights. One of the main pillars of Somaliland Stability is the citizens prerogative to choose who they want in office. Purging such right will...

By James Jeffrey HorndiplomaIn mid-April a boat capsized crossing the Mediterranean killing up to 500 migrants, a large proportion of whom most international media reported as being Somali. But in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, local media noted how many who died were actually Somalilanders. Since...

HornDiplomat Editorial HornDiplomat-Armed conflict broke out between Somaliland and puntland troops at Booda-cad, Dahar east of Sanaag Monday 18th July, 2016. The clashes coincided with the voter registration that was officially launched in the region on Saturday 16. Troops loyal to the Somali semi-autonomous region of...