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 …
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Somaliland House of Representatives elected Yassin Hajji Mohamoud Faratoon as the new Speaker of the House during a voting session held in Hargeisa on Sunday. Faratoon secured 46 out of …
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Electoral Commission divided over elections schedule as international community dig in
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterThe 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 …
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Blow to Bihi as Supreme Court throws out application by Electoral Commission
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterIn 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, …
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Berbera city’s growth is being held back by a power supply monopoly
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterBy 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 …
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Opposition hits at Electoral Commission for taking electoral dispute to Supreme Court
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterThe 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 …
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Sir Gavin Williamson to introduce bill to recognise Somaliland
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterThe 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 …
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First-ever funded startup sparks Somaliland investment hopes
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterBy 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 …
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Challenges and progress in promoting women’s political participation in Somaliland
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterBy: Mubaarik Fuaad Hassan 1991, Somaliland has sought international recognition as an independent state since 1991. No foreign government recognizes its sovereignty,, and it has held several successful elections since …
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Somaliland’s president addresses tensions with Puntland
by SL Reporterby SL ReporterIn the midst of escalating tensions between the self-declared republic of Somaliland and Somalia’s Federal Member State Puntland, President Muse Bihi Abdi of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland presided over …