Somalia working to ‘stop violence’ amid Somaliland tension

Doha, Qatar – Somalia is working closely to restore peace in Somaliland amid heightening tensions between the region’s authorities and local clan forces, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Al Jazeera. “We believe that unity is the only solution… but we don’t want this unity through violence, which makes matters worse,” Mohamud told Al Jazeera on Monday. Violence erupted […]

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Somaliland Roads Authority boosted with heavy construction machinery

The Somaliland Roads Authority has received road construction and maintenance machineries to aid in infrastractural development in the country. The Minister of Planning and National Development Dr. Ahmed Adan, the chairman of the Somaliland Development Fund, SDF on Wednesday handed over the modern equipment for the construction of roads to the Minister of Transport and […]

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IOM calls for joint efforts to end trafficking in persons from Horn of Africa

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, on Wednesday called for coordinated efforts to end trafficking in persons from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and the Gulf states. The IOM called on governments, law enforcement, public services and civil society to enhance efforts to strengthen prevention, identify and support victims and […]

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Doctors Without Borders pulling back from Las Anod due to insecurity

The medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced Monday that it has decided to withdraw all its services from Las Anod General Hospital in the Sool region due to increased volatility and repeated security incidents that have impacted the safe delivery of medical care. It said repeated attacks on medical facilities and the level […]

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Electoral Commission divided over elections schedule as international community dig in

The Somaliland Electoral Commission is now hugely divided once again following this week’s announcement that thye presidential elections will now be held in November 13, 2024. But the opposition has termed thye schedule as illegal while the international community shared their views over the elections time table. Two members of the Electoral Commission have opposed […]

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Blow to Bihi as Supreme Court throws out application by Electoral Commission

In what observers see as a blow to President Muse Bihi’s plans to extend his stay in office, Somaliland’s Constitutional Court has rejected the interpretation requested by the Electoral Commission, relating to the dispute electoral road map. According to the statement issued by the court, it denied the request made by the Electoral Commission on […]

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Trial for a British-Somali female journalist adjourned in Hargeisa

The hearing in the case against journalist Busharo Ali Mohamed (known as Bushaaro Baanday) was postponed by the Hargeisa court on Sunday, marking her eighth appearance before the Marodi Jeeh Court, according to the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS). Busharo, a British-Somali journalist, was arrested on May 15, 2023, upon her return to Somaliland via the […]

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‘Shared status’ fuels closer Taiwan and Somaliland partnership

This year has not been the best for Somaliland’s international reputation. After breaking away from Somalia in 1991, the de facto independent country cultivated an image as an “oasis of stability” in the Horn of Africa, conducting disarmaments and democratic elections despite lacking international recognition. But presidential elections scheduled for last year were delayed, and in February, […]

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Berbera city’s growth is being held back by a power supply monopoly

By Nasir M. Ali, Ayan Yusuf Ali and Jutta Bakonyi Somaliland’s main port, at the city of Berbera, accounted for two-thirds of the country’s revenues in 2020. Over the years, these revenues have mostly gone into the central state coffers, while the development of Berbera has been neglected. When we visited the city for our research project […]

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