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…
Opposition party WADDANI presidential candidate Abdirahman Irro has survived what he has termed an assassination attempt at him when police attacked his convoy in the streets of Somaliland capital Hargeisa on Thursday. Irro had organised a rally in the capital to push the government to hold presidential elections as per…
Somalia and Somaliland are facing one of the worst droughts in decades after four consecutive poor rainy seasons. Failing crops and rising food prices, combined with ongoing insecurity and a massive invasion of locusts that swept across the Horn of Africa, have forced hundreds of thousands of people to move…
The opposition is now accusing President Musa Bihi of plotting to dismantle the Somaliland democratic system to remain in power. Chairman of the Opposition Party UCID Eng. Faysal Ali Warabe, further said that the president is silently preparing for a civil war, again. The chairman of UCID accused the president…
"It's a secret," smiles Allen C Lou, when asked how many Taiwanese personnel are based in Hargeisa, capital of the unrecognised state of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa. Taiwan is committed to recognising the de facto state and Lou is Taipei's chief diplomat. But he is coy about just how…
A report by the Centre for Policy Analysis on Somaliland now says the country should hold elections timely and periodically and embark on a process that ends all forms of term extensions. In a report that outlines the history and causes of political disputes in Somaliland and how the democratisation…
Police in Somaliland have arrested a restaurant owner over his association with opposition politicians. Reports from Hargeisa indicate that Ahmed-Sayid a co-owner of Sima Tea shop was picked by suspected police officers moments after his restaurant had hosted Waddani party presidential candidate Abdirahman Irro. The opposition presidential candidate was in…
Waddani Presidential candidate Abdirahman Irro has officially submitted his papers to the electoral committee. Irro…
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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