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Month: August 2022
International concern as attacks increase against Somaliland media
Amid protests that turned deadly, persistent drought and election controversies, Somaliland's media are coming under attack. Arbitrary arrests, threats, beatings. Somaliland's journalists are bearing the brunt of a spike in attacks, media associations say. In a recent incident, police in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway region, detained two Horyaal…
Shame as government holds teenage girls in prison for participating in opposition demos
Several teenage girls are among 23 women being held in prison after being arrested by government forces during the August 11 pro democracy demonstrations called by the Somaliland opposition parties. Waddani presidential candidate Abdirahman Irro was appalled to learn that among the women held without trial at the Gebilay region…
Jailed opposition officials go on hunger strike
Opposition politicians currently being held in prison following their arrest for partcipating in street protests on August 11 have reportedly gone on hunger strike. Somaliland’s Wadani Party said the opposition officials incarcerated in Baki prison are on a hunger strike in protest of their illegal detention. “The 26 prisoners in…
Breakdowns at wells cause suffering for rural pastoralists in Somaliland
The biggest fear for 54-year-old Saynab Ali Ahmed, living in a remote village near Ya’ubole, 290 kms south of Sheikh in Somaliland’s Sahil region, has been reaching the borehole and not finding any water. Having lived here most of her life, this mother of 12 has never experienced such water…
Opposition protests reported in Ceerigaabo
Crisis 24, a global partner in integrated security risk management organisation is reporting on possible upsurge of protests in Somaliland in the coming weeks. In a brief on their website (https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2022/08/somalia-protest-reported-in-ceerigaabo-somaliland-aug24) Crisis 24 says there were protests in Ceerigabo on Wednesday where protestors barricaded roads by burning tires and boulders.…
Waiting for Ethiopia: Berbera port upgrade raises Somaliland’s hopes for trade
Berbera port is the main overseas trade gateway of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland. The port city is located on the Gulf of Aden – one of the globally most frequented seaways connecting the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean. Only a few years ago, Berbera port was a dilapidated runway, originally built…
Zaynab Mohamed a step closer to becoming first black woman in Minnesota Senate
Zaynab Mohamed has moved one step closer to her dream after winning Democratic primary elections last week. With this victory, she is on the threshold to become first Black and youngest woman elected to the Minnesota Senate, On Tuesday’s vote, Mohamed, a 25-year-old Minneapolis resident, beat Todd Scott by earning…
UK based Somaliland pressure group files case to Amnesty International over human rights abuses
A pressure group based in the United Kingdom has entered the fray in the fight for democratic space in Somaliland by filing a complaint to the Amnesty International over the continued human rights abuses in the Horn of Africa nation. Somaliland AID has flagged Somaliland Government's torturing and imprisoning the…
Somalia to send boxers to the Africa Boxing Championships in Maputo
By John Nene Somalia is among the 31 countries which have so far confirmed participation in the Africa Boxing Confederation Men and Women's Championships scheduled for Maputo from September 9-18. This will be Somalia's first appearance in the AFBC tournament now in its 20th edition. Somalia Boxing Federation (SBF) has…
‘Our animals used to feed us, but now we feed them – they are dying and we are next’
By Paul O’Brien MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE that famine is a shortage of food in an area or country. Famine is not always a “shortage”. During the Irish famine in 1845-1849, food was exported from Ireland at the same time as the majority of the population faced mass starvation. Most famines…