What a town in Djibouti could teach Europe about refugees
A Yemeni child shouts on April 13, 2015 at a refugee boarding facility run by the UN High Commission for Refugees at Obock, a small port town in Djibouti located on the northern shore of the Gulf of...
View ArticleHunger Claiming Lives in Rain-starved Somaliland-Video
Drought has decimated livestock in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, killing even camels who can go months without a sip of water. But the lack of rain and lack of help is beginning to take...
View ArticleEthiopia: No Justice in Somali Region Killings
Paramilitary Force Killed 21, Detained Dozens, in June 2016 (Nairobi) – Ethiopian authorities have failed to hold accountable a paramilitary force that killed at least 21 villagers in the Somali region...
View ArticleSomali journalist kidnapped and tortured, impunity continues
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns TV journalist Hanad Ali Guled’s abduction last weekend in Mogadishu and urges the authorities to shed light on this latest case of violence against media...
View ArticleHuman Rights Centre Quarterly Report on the Situation of Media in Somaliland
Press Release 1.1 INTRODUCTION This quarterly report on media covers from 10th December 2016 to 31st March 2017. Human Rights Centre issues a report every four months on the situation of media in...
View ArticleWill Piracy Return In The Gulf of Aden And The Indian Ocean?
Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean started in 2005 by Somalia parities and reached its climax in 2011 when they have attempted to hijack 237 vessels and at year’s end, seized 11 vessels,...
View ArticleP&O Ports to develop in Puntland
Dubai government-owned P&O Ports said yesterday that it has signed a deal to develop the port at Bosaso, which is located in the Gulf of Aden on Somalia’s northern border in the semi-autonomous...
View ArticleDanish Ambassador to Kenya visits Somaliland
HARGEISA— Danish Ambassador to Kenya, Ms. Mette Knudsen arrives in Hargeisa, Somaliland capital on Thursday. The mission of Danish ambassador to Kenya is to assess the impact of the aftermath of the...
View ArticleThe Formation of Somali National Movement
The formation of the Somali National Movement ( SNM ) was sparked by that general mass discontent with Siad Barre’s Regime. The initiative was made by members of the Isaac Communities outside the...
View ArticleDisplaced Pastoralists in Somalia Flee Drought
Severe drought has displaced nearly half a million people in Somalia. In the Puntland region, herders who have lost their livestock are now seeking refuge in urban areas. Those towns are struggling to...
View ArticleSomaliland: Hargeisa Regional Court Sentences Mr. Oldon to 2 years imprisonment
HARGEISA— Hargeisa regional court has sentenced today Hon. Abdimalik Muse Oldon to two years imprisonment. Mr. Oldon has spent two months behind bars and was accused of throwing his weight behind the...
View ArticleHonorary Somalian consulate ransacked in Karachi
The Honorary Consulate of Somalia, which is situated in the offices of a private pharmaceutical firm in Karachi’s Clifton area, was robbed late Friday night, police said. Senior Superintendent of...
View ArticleDid Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand rescue Somali drought victims?
Somali Diaspora remittance and modern mobile money transfer technology provided urgently needed relief aid to tens of thousands of nomadic people When disaster hits somewhere in the developing...
View ArticleSomaliland journalist sentenced to 2 years in prison
Hargeisa, Somaliland (AP) — A court in Somalia’s breakaway northern territory of Somaliland has sentenced a journalist to two years in prison after he was arrested for meeting Somalia’s new president....
View ArticleMobile health clinics in Somaliland race to treat children as famine nears
The Australian Red Cross is helping to fund new mobile health clinics in Somaliland, as the area teeters on the brink of famine, Kirsty Johansen reports from Somaliland. There are no qualified...
View ArticleSaudi Arabian Vets in Somaliland to Inspect Livestock Health
A delegation of veterinary doctors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock have for the first time landed in the country to ascertain the quality of quarantine pens in...
View ArticleUK supports of the dialogue between Somaliland and Khatumo”Baroness Anelay...
The UK’s Member of Parliament Lord Luce asked Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Question about the British government support they are providing to Somaliland that to enhancing...
View ArticleSomaliland: Presidency minister hails KULMIYE government’s track record
By: M.A.Egge The Presidency Minister Hon. Mohammed Hashi Abdi has commended the Kulmiye Administration led by the Head of State H.E. Ahmed Mohammed Mohamud Silanyo for having delivered on its campaign...
View ArticleSomaliland: The ambitious United Arab Emirates
Driven by an energetic crown price, the UAE is building bases far beyond its borders. TUCKED away behind rows of tin shacks and unkempt acacia trees, a cluster of tumbledown villas, mosques and a...
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