International development charities are warning the ongoing drought in East Africa threatens to rollback progress on gender equality, with girls at increased risk of child marriage and other forms of…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…