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,…
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…
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…
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…
The leaders of the opposition parties in Somaliland, Waddani, and UCID, have criticized the recent decision by the Electoral Commission to refer the electoral dispute to the Supreme Court, a…
Kenya will delay re-opening its border with Somalia because of a “wave of attacks” it blames on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants, interior minister Kithure Kindiki said on Wednesday. In…
As the African Union Transition in Somalia force, known as ATMIS, reduces troop numbers, a Somali official is warning the plan is ill-conceived and raises the risk of al-Shabab militants…
The lives of millions of people could be transformed overnight if the UK Government recognises Somaliland as an independent nation, Sir Gavin Williamson has said. The Tory former cabinet minister will…
By Leo Komminoth In significant news for the nearly 6m inhabitants of Somaliland, an unrecognised state located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, Caafisom, a healthtech startup based…
There has been fresh fighting in the Sool region after another intense conflict erupted within the outskirts of Las Anod town, the regional capital, involving Somaliland and SSC forces. The…