Op-Ed: Should Somaliland allow the formation of a unionist party?

Ludicrous idea, isn’t it? How can I suggest such a treacherous idea when I am known as an unflinching advocate for Somaliland’s independence and sovereignty? How could I dare even to utter the ugly U-word which I have denigrated so forcefully and irrevocably in many of my writings? I can see jaws dropping with [...]

Somalia has a role model for success on its doorstep

LONDON (Somalilandpress) — The escalating war for control of what is left of Somalia, between the al-Shabab extremists and the African Union puppet “transitional federal government”, offers little hope of peaceful resolution. Al-Shabab is now deeply entrenched and, with the help of foreign jihadists, virtually controls all southern Somalia.
However contentious, their viciously anti-feminist interpretation of [...]

At Least 30 Killed in Somalia Hotel Attack

NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — Somali insurgents disguised in government military uniforms stormed a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday and killed at least 30 people, including 6 lawmakers, laying bare how vulnerable Somalia’s government is, even in an area it claims to control.
The insurgents methodically moved room to room, killing hotel guests who tried [...]

Six MP among 31 killed in Mogadishu suicide hotel raid

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — At least 30 people including six Somali lawmakers were killed and dozens others wounded on Tuesday after Islamist fighters including suicide bombers raided a hotel used by Somali government officials said. ”
We know that six of the 31 so far confirmed dead are members of parliament after the anti-peace elements attacked Muna [...]

Somaliland Telecommunication: Understanding the Regional Undersea Cable Systems

LONDON (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland is leading the way in the Telecommunication sector in the region but the lack of reliable and affordable connectivity with the rest of the world is impeding its potential growth.
This is also denying fast Internet connections for the thriving businesses, government departments and academic institutions which are at the heart of [...]

SOMALILAND: UAE to import more livestock from the region

DUBAI (Somalilandpress) — Dr Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad, Minister of Environment and Water, on Sunday, issued a resolution allowing conditional imports of live sheep, goats, cattle their products and their offal from the cities of Boosaaso and Berbera in the Republic of Somalia.
According to the resolution, importers will have to make sure that the live [...]

SOMALILAND: Former leaders awarded $3 million by the EU, local source

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Earlier this week a local newspaper said the two former heads of state have cashed in a combine amount of US$3 million from the EU for their leadership.
Hargeisa Star newspaper in Somaliland’s capital, said former President Dahir Riyale Kahin and his Vice Ahmed Yusuf Yassin received $3m from the European Union for [...]

SOMALILAND: Abaarso Tech University Wall Street Partner to offer internship in New York City

The following is a press statement from Abaarso Tech University, a boarding school and a university that hopes to be the ‘intellectual center that radiates world class education to the Somaliland’ public.
Abaarso Tech University School of Finance Adds Wall Street Partner; Enrolls Several SOS Sheikh Secondary Students and Launches New English Immersion Program
With just one [...]

SOMALILAND: SSC commander reveals split in his group

LAS ANOD (Somalilandpress) — A REBEL group operating in Somaliland’s southern region of Buuhoodle is said to have disintegrated after the group failed to resolve internal rift among its senior leaders.
The SSC group, abbreviation for the disputed –Sool, Sanaag and Cayn regions who threatened to launch a violent campaign against Somaliland several months ago is [...]

SOMALIA: Roadside bomb kills one in Puntland

ERIGAVO (Somalilandpress) — A powerful landmine bomb ribbed through a pickup truck carrying a dozen of troops from Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Thursday killing one and wounding several more near the disputed Galgala Mountains.
A source in the nearby town of Bossaso told Somalilandpress the bomb struck the pickup truck mounted with machine gun [...]

SOMALIA: Puntland hit by insurgency

NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — The northeastern tip of Somalia has been a peaceful haven in an often violent nation, but a powerful warlord and a series of recent clashes are threatening to open a new zone of lawlessness.
Militants loyal to warlord Mohamed Said Atom have repeatedly fought against government forces in recent weeks, and Atom told [...]

SOMALILAND: Former President adviser calls for new EASSy cable bidding

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — A FORMER adviser of former President Dahir Riyale Kahin says businesses, national security and the sovereignty of Somaliland could gain a major boost if the new administration terminates the old EASSy submarine cable agreement and starts a new competition.
Dr Ahmed Juma, former technology adviser to President Riyale, said in a press release, [...]

Minnesota’s Somalilanders celebrate their homeland’s democracy

In late July, hundreds of Somalilanders in Minnesota gathered at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis to celebrate elected President Ahmed Mohamed “Silanyo” Mohamoud’s victory in Somaliland.
After President Silanyo, as he is commonly called, defeated incumbent Dahir Riyale Kahin in June elections, Somalilanders in Minnesota said it was time to celebrate and reflect on the [...]

SOMALIA: Seven killed in Puntland clashes

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Fresh clashes erupted Friday in the northern breakaway Somalia region of Puntland with Al-Qaida linked militants, leaving at least seven combatants dead and nine wounded, officials and witnesses said.
Fighting erupted when militants led by local warlord Mohamed Said Atom tried to recapture a military base they had lost to the Puntland forces [...]

SOMALIA: Puntland suspends VOA reporter

LAS ANOD (Somalilandpress) — Somalia’s northern semi-autonomous region of Puntland has suspended VOA correspondent Nuh Muse Birjeb in Garowe on Tuesday.
Mr Birjeb told local reporters he received a decree banning him from reporting in the region from the Puntland Minister of Information Mr Yassin Adan Roble.
He added the authority in the semi-autonomous region did not [...]

SOMALIA: Al Shabab boots out three Christian aid agencies

MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — A Somali militant group with links to al-Qaida on Monday announced it had banned three Christian aid agencies from its territory, and one aid group said militants had occupied their offices in southern Somalia.
World Vision, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and Diakonia must immediately leave Somalia because the groups were actively [...]

SOMALIA: Future president visits twin cities

ST. PAUL (Somalilandpress) — An Ohio man hoping to become the next president of Somalia is campaigning in Minnesota this week.
He stopped by Saint Paul seeking to gain support from the Somali community. Locals are hopeful that Presidential Candidate Mohamed Saleban can turn their home country in the right direction.
If elected in early 2011, Saleban [...]

SOMALILAND: EASSy cable open for business

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The days of limited and expensive international bandwidth in South Africa are over as the EASSy cable became the second submarine cable to launch on the East coast of Africa.
MTN’s Trevor Martin’s, who also serves as the EASSy consortium’s chairperson, announced in Sandton this week that the cable had come in ahead [...]

New literary series views Africa through African eyes

LAGOS (Somalilandpress) — Tired of reading accounts of Africa through the eyes of outsiders, 14 African writers have set out to document the diversity of their content in a series of books and blogs partly inspired by the soccer World Cup.
The first World Cup to be held in Africa triggered a wave of pan-African solidarity [...]

VIDEO: Jeremy Carver CBE congratulates Somaliland

Jeremy Carver CBE, international lawyer, co-chair of IRC-UK and a member of the Board of the International Rescue Committee speaks about the recent inauguration of President Ahmed Mohamed Silaanyo and the Somaliland status.
Mr Carver has been practicing law for over thirty years and currently works for Clifford Chance LLP, which operates over twenty countries. He [...]

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(Somalilandpress) — The Committee to Protect Journalist reports that veteran radio journalist Barkhat Awale was killed by crossfire today in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, according to local journalists and news reports. He is the second journalist killed on duty in Somalia this year, according to CPJ research.
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