A senior doctor with the with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Baidoa, Somalia has described the humanitarian situation in the country as catastrophic. Dr Asma Aweis Abdallah said the drought in the country- the worst in four decades has forced people to move from their homes to look for health and humanitarian assistance. She said over the last…
Somalia has turned to solar power in rebuilding a health system recovering from a protracted conflict that has taken a significant toll on its public health infrastructures. In January 2021, Somalia’s Ministry of Health, supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Innovation hub and the WHO Country Office, piloted a…
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s return as Somalia’s president is set to reshape the war-torn nation’s relationship with neighboring Eritrea and Ethiopia, with far-reaching repercussions across the Horn of Africa region. Mohamud, 66, who governed Somalia from 2012 to 2017, beat incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known locally as Farmajo, in a final…
The US military could gain access to the self-declared state of Somaliland’s strategically positioned port and airfield at Berbera, to counter the Islamic extremist rebel group al-Shabab in Somalia. This is after US President Joe Biden signed an order on Monday to redeploy hundreds of American troops to Somalia,, days…
Twin catastrophes on the Horn of Africa have inspired a Welsh Somali community to raise awareness and funds. A fourth year of crop failures has displaced almost one million people around Somlia's capital city Mogadishu. Meanwhile, Hargeisa, the capital of the republic of Somaliland, has been totally devastated by a…
Seventeen year old Mustafa Hassan Awad moves around on his wheelchair, he would be walking as any other teenager were it not for the bullet injuries he sustained five years ago in a terrorist attack in the streets of Somali capital Mogadishu. But he has not allowed his disability to…
Miraa traders have expressed optimism that the regime change in Somalia on Sunday will revive trade relations with Kenya and salvage the dwindling fortunes of khat. Somalia closed access to its market for Kenya in 2020 following a political fallout. The ban led to a loss of more than 50…
Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, President of the Republic of Somaliland, expressed his gratitude to the UAE…
Camel milk is a critical product for both consumers and businesses in Somaliland, according to Agrilinks,…
Somaliland’s opposition parties UCID and Wadani are planning a meeting to push the government to…
United States growing interest in Somaliland became clearer this week with the visit by General…
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