Somaliland

The Somali government has said it imposed a ban on miraa imports from Kenya because Meru Governor Peter Munya had "used the business to campaign for the breakup of the country." On Tuesday evening, Somali Ambassador to Kenya Gamal Hassan said Mr Munya's visit to...

By Samir Dualeh Somaliland is a self-declared state of four million people, bordered by Ethiopia and Djibouti. The capital is Hargeisa, which is home to just over a quarter of the population, according to Somaliland government figures. The World Bank sets Somaliland’s per capita GDP at...

DUBAI—Dubai-based ports operator DP World on Monday said it has won a concession to manage and develop a port at Berbera in Somaliland, adding to a global portfolio of more than 75 terminals. The Somaliland concession lasts for 30 years, with a 10-year automatic extension,...

  Dubai's DP World has won a 30 year concession to manage and develop a port in the breakaway Republic of Somaliland that will require an investment of $442 million, the ports operator said in a stocks exchange statement on Monday. The Red Sea Port of...

Somaliland has been pushing for recognition for 25 years now. A journey that has been long and complex. South African Ambassador to Eritrea, H.E. Prof. Iqbal D. Jhazbhay discusses steps made and explores the role of African states in recognizing Somaliland.  

Nearly every woman in Somaliland was subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as a child. Usually, a razor blade was applied to them without an anesthetic. Campaigners want the practice stopped. Halima Hassan cannot forget the day she was forced to undergo FGM. Now aged...

BERBERA, SOMALILAND — Every year, the breakaway republic of Somaliland, in east Africa, exports millions of livestock to Saudi Arabia to feed the millions of Muslim faithful making the pilgrimage to Mecca. From the hinterlands to the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, millions of sheep and goats are...

Berbera Somaliland-A plan to upgrade Somaliland's port of Berbera promises to transform the ancient town, almost tripling the port’s size and boosting the region's economy, backers say. But critics contend the plan was pushed through without sufficient explanation and could adversely affect traditional fishing. The...

This month, the parliament of the breakaway republic of Somaliland approved a draft of a $442-million deal to upgrade the port of Berbera. The plan promises to transform the ancient trading post and boost the region's economy but some worry local fishermen will be left...

Scramble in the Horn:-A region at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, the Horn of Africa is generally taken to refer to the easternmost extension of land in eastern Africa, home to the countries of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, whose cultures...