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Somaliland’s companies participate in Djibouti trade fair
Turkish companies are participating in an international trade fair launched on Sunday in the strategically heavy-weight but tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti. More than 500 companies from more...
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Somaliland Local Media Lauded for Apt Conduct during Presidential Elections 2017
HARGEISA—-As opposed to prior elections the 2017 presidential polls saw local media houses perform devoid of any unethical acts. This was revealed by a committee appointed to monitor local media...
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Somalia mulls swift actions to prevent use of children in armed conflicts
MOGADISHU– Somalia is seeking urgent actions to prevent the recruitment and use of child soldiers in armed conflicts in the Horn of Africa. According to a joint statement issued in Mogadishu on Sunday...
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Somaliland after the elections: old traps, new challenges
Somaliland’s ruling party candidate and newly elected president Musa Bihi Abdi. Stringer/Reuters The Republic of Somaliland is recognised as an autonomous region in Somalia’s northwestern region....
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Oyster boss opens up about ‘world-class’ potential of its Djibouti and...
Oyster Oil & Gas Ltd (CVE:OY) president and chief executive Michael Wood updates investors at the World Oil & Gas Week in London. He talks to Proactive’s Andrew Scott about the “huge...
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UN voices support for Somali Government’s efforts at first-ever security...
Michael Keating, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia shakes hands with Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmaajo, the President of the Federal Government of Somalia,...
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Somalia Signs Jeddah Amendment on Illicit Maritime Activity
Somalia has become the 14th signatory to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct – the instrument developed and adopted by countries in the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden that has...
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Acting Assistant Secretary Yamamoto Travel to Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia,...
On December 4, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Donald Yamamoto attended the Somalia Security Pact Review in Mogadishu. The meeting was chaired by President Farmaajo and...
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Somaliland: The Indices of Democratic Performance!
A rebel who has ousted the military régime of Siyad Barre, a strategist who has appeared as the second best within his own ranks, a vertebral politician who supported his predecessor in shaping the...
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Uncut: Female genital mutilation in Somaliland
Women in Somaliland speak out about their experiences of female genital mutilation. One NGO that is working to eliminate this horrific practice.
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Could Somaliland eradicate FGM?
Somaliland is a country which doesn’t officially exist. It broke away from the rest of Somalia after a bitter civil war in 1991, a conflict which plunged the rest of Somalia into violent conflict...
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Somalia’s Missing State
AMISOM troops stand in front of an al-Shabab flag painted on the wall of Kismayo Airport, October 2012. On October 15, a truck full of explosives crashed through a barrier near the Safari Hotel in...
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Somaliland: Ex-President, Rayale returns to country to attend the...
By: Ms. Farrah Mohumed HARGEISA—Former President of Somaliland, HE Dahir Rayale Kahin and former First Lady, Ms. Huda Barkhad Aden return home on Tuesday after spending years living in exile. Rayale...
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Somali president refusing to meet Israel’s Netanyahu
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” Mohamed has refused to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to Kenya. Farmajo was in Kenya to attend an African Heads of State...
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Muse Bihi set to be inaugurated as Somaliland new president. ..”Prospects and...
In two weeks, Somaliland’s president elect Muse Biehi Abdi will quickly put the long and rough campaign behind him and turn to taking over the most powerful office in the country which is at the...
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Somalia’s Puntland region declares state of emergency over drought
BOSASO—Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland declared a state of emergency on Tuesday and appealed for food and water because of shortages triggered by a severe drought. Drought has gripped...
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Somaliland: Is Musa Bihi Abdi preparing to lead a ‘New Kulmiye’ government?
Since too many people are afraid to speak about the President-elect’s recent op-ed, because they desperately want a position in the upcoming Kulmiye administration – it’s now time to step up and share...
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How Can We Make Somaliland Great?
The role of a good leader is not to have all the ideas; it’s to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they’re valued. When a leader leads the state according to his own outlook,...
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FCO said in a statement UK is committed to work with Somaliland President-Elect
On 13 November, people across Somaliland took part in elections to choose a new President. The UK played an active role as part of a group of international donors in supporting the Somaliland National...
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