SOMALILAND: Kenya’s Deputy Speaker’s visit sparks condemnations yet debunks lies

(Somalilandpress) — For the opponents of Somaliland’s independence, Kenya’s deputy speaker’s visit to Somaliland, specially, the provincial capital of Sool, LasAnnod, is worse than daggers jammed into their hearts. However, for Somaliland proponents, the visit is like removing a blood-sucking leach from their bodies because it debunks countless barefaced lies against Somaliland. As for the [...]

School enrollment up in Somaliland

HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — School enrollment has risen sharply in Somalia’s self-declared independent region of Somaliland since 1991, raising the literacy rate from 20 percent to 45 percent, education officials have said.
“School enrollment [in primary and secondary schools] has increased dramatically. In 1991, we had only 1,019 students enrolled in schools but by the year 2009 [...]

War Deg deg: Sanadkii Cusbaa 2010 oo la Kowday Dayax-Madoobaad

 Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Caalamka guud ahaantii, caawa waxa laga xusayaa, looga diyaar-garoobayaa sanadka curashada sanadka cusub ee 2010, hase yeeshee dabaal-dega sanadkan cusub ayaa waxa uu la kowsaday marka loo eego magaalooyinka waawayn ee Somaliland sida Hargeysa, Burco, Berbera, Ceerigaabo, Boorama iyo Laascaanood Dayax-madoobaad.
Dhamaan magaalooyinkaas aan kor ku soo xusnay ayaa loo dareeray Masaajida lagu tukado [...]

Waraysi uu M. Rayaale kaga Waramayo Xusuustiisa Sanadkii Tagay iyo Rajadiisa 2010-ka

Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Madaxweyne Jamhuuriyada Somaliland, Md. Daahir Rayaale Kaahin ayaa sheegay inuu ku rajo wayn yahay inay doorashadii Madaxtooyadu wadanka ka qabsoonto sanadka cusub ee 2010.
Madaxweyne Rayaale oo maanta u waramayay Weriye Cabdisalaan Ismaaciil Herari oo ka tirsan Laanta afka Soomaaliga ee Idaacada VOA=da ayaa waxa uu carrabka ku dhuftay mar la waydiiyay xusuustiisa sanadkii [...]

Somali Tried To Board Plane With Chemicals, Syringe

HARGEISA, 31 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – A man tried to board a commercial airliner in the Somali capital of Mogadishu last month with chemicals that authorities believe could have been used as an explosive device, an African Union official said Wednesday.
The suspect, Abdi Hassan Abdi, tried to board a Daallo Airlines flight with a plastic [...]

Ciidanka Itoobiya oo Somaliland Gudaheeda Gaadhi Ka Kaxaystay

Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Ciidamada Koontarabaanka la dagaalama ee Dawlada Itoobiya ayaa sheegay in habeen hore gudaha degmada Magaalo-cad oo ka tirsan gobolka Awdal ay ka kaxaysteen mid ka mid ah Gawaadhida Xamuulka ah oo noociisu yahay Dhayne oo ay sheegeen in Kootarabaan uu doonayay inuu u geliyo wadanka Itoobiya.
Gaadhigaasi oo uu lahaa muwaadin lagu magacaabo Yuusuf [...]

Diin-qal: Shil Gaadhi Oo Dhaawac iyo Dhamisho Sababay

Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Hal Qof ayaa kun dhintay, Labo kalena way ku dhaawacmeen ka dib markii gaadhi jaad siday oo noociisu yahay Toyota Xaajiyad uu ku qalibmay jidka laamiga ah ee u dhexeeya magaalooyinka Hargeysa iyo Berbera.
Shilkan Gaadhi oo ka dhacay Tuulo Diin-qal lagu magacaabo oo u dhexaysa Berbera iyo Hargeysa ayaa waxa Hal qof ee [...]

Madaxweyne Rayaale oo Xilka Ka Qaaday Agaasimihii Warfaafinta

Hargeysa (Somalilandpress)- Madaxweynaha Somaliland ayaa maanta xilkii ka qaaday Agaasimihii Guud ee Wasaaradda Warfaafinta iyo Wacyi-gelinta Axmed Xasan Yuusuf.
Waxaana warsaxaafadeed ka soo baxay xarunta Madaxtooyada lagu eedeeyay Agaasimaha xilka laga qaaday wada-shaqayn la’aan uu kula kacay masuulka uu la shaqeeyo, iyada oo eedayntaas aan loogu jeedin Wasaarada Warfaafinta oo keliya, balse warsaxaafadeedkan lagu xusay in [...]

Wasiirka Dalxiiska oo Ka Hadlay Jasiirado La Sheegay Inay Dawladu ka iibisay Jabuuti

Hargeysa-(Somalilandpress.com)- Wasiirka Dhaqanka iyo Dalxiiska Somaliland, Md. Cabdirisaaq Waaberi Rooble, ayaa ku eedeeyay xisbiyada Mucaaradka ah inay xaallad iska hor keen beeleed ah oo xasaasiya ka abuurayaan Gobolka Awdal, isla-markaana  daba ka riixayeen odayaal reer Boorame ah oo isku dayay inay tagaan Jasiiradaha Ceebaad iyo Sacaadadiin, balse ay xukuummadu iska hortaagtay booqashadoodaas.
Wasiirka Dalxiisku oo ka [...]

AU Approves Training For Maritime, Air Defence Fighters

Addis Ababa, 30 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – The African Union’s Peace and Security Department approved plans to train more peacekeepers serving in its mission in Somalia on maritime security and air defence capabilities to better protect war-ravaged Somalia.
Somali is the hotbed of hijacking of marine vessels and a long-time target of external Islamist jihadists, have [...]

Somalia: The Worst Country On Earth

Fed up with awards for the best? The World in 2010 asked the analysts at the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, to identify the world’s worst country in the year ahead. Previous winners of this dubious honour have included (pre-2001) Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. This time, the champion is in Africa. Plagued [...]

AUSTRALIA: Body of missing Somali boy found

BRISBANE (Somalilandpress) — Police have found the body of a boy who was swept away in a rain-swollen creek on Brisbane’s southside.
Salman Arte, 13, was last seen clinging to a branch in Bulimba Creek at Wishart yesterday.
It is believed his body was found earlier this afternoon, but no other details are known.

Salman Arte’s Somali family [...]

LIBERIA: Company Eyeing Freeport May Sign Big Contract

MONROVIA (Somalilandpress) — Bollore Africa Logistics, one of the companies that expressed interest in the bid for the Freeport of Monrovia may sign an agreement to manage the port of Berbera and oversee $ 700 million of upgrades to the facility in Somalia’s breakaway northern Somaliland region According to information, the Foreign [...]

Ethiopia: Jijjiga Customs Seizes 6.3m Br of “Contraband”

Jigjiga, 29 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Customs officials in Jijjiga reported confiscating 6.3 million Br worth of goods in the first quarter of the 2009/10 fiscal year, 5.5 million Br worth of which were inward bound.
The goods that were allegedly smuggled included electronics, spare parts, food stuffs, cosmetics, building materials, medicines, and clothes, while the [...]

Ma Waxaan u Dhintay Jacaylkii NAGAAD (Sheeko Xiiso Badan)

Waxa Qoray Cabdilaahi Cawed Cige oo Deggan Dalka Ingiriiska
Haddii aad sheekadan akhriyaysid waxa, boqolkiiba boqol, hubaal ah in aad nooshahay. Haa nooshahay, naftii kugu jirto oo aanad weli dhiman. 
Maya, su’aalaha aad doonayso in aan kaaga jawaabo kuu gelimaayo waxa aan se kaaga bilaabayaa markii Negaad iigu dambaysay iyo sidii arrin ahaa. I raac oo bal [...]

Markab Raashin Gargaar u Sida Itoobiya oo Ku Soo Xidhay Dekeda Berbera

Markabkii Afraad oo Raashin gargaar u sida wadanka Itoobiya ayaa maanta ku soo xidhay Marsada Caalamiga ah ee Magaalada Berbera.
Raashinkan ayaa qayb ka ah gargaar bini’aadamnimo oo ay Hay’adaha Qaramada Midoobay ugu deeqaan dadka tabaalaysan ee abaaruhu ku waxyeeleeyeen wadanka Itoobiya.
Sarkaal Sare oo u hadlay Hay’ada Cuntada u qaabilsan Qaramada Midoobay ee WFP ayaa farta [...]

Weftigii Baarlamaanka Kiiniya Oo Ka Duulay Hargeysa

Weftigii uu hogaaminayey Gudoomiye ku xigeenka Baarlamaanka wadanka Kenya ee booqashada ku joogay dalka ayaa galabta ka duulay gegida diyaaradaha ee Egal International Airport ee magaalada Hargeysa.
Weftigan oo booqashadoodu qaadatay Muddo 7 maalmood ah, safari indho-indhayn iyo xaqiiqo-raadis ahna ku soo maray gobollada, Maroodi-jeex, Awdal, Saaxil, Togdheer iyo Sool ayaa ka hor intii aanay u [...]

SOMALIA: Hawa Siyaad, “They killed my hope”

MOGADISHU, 28 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Twenty-three people were killed in Mogadishu on 3 December 2009 when a blast ripped through a graduation ceremony. Among the dead was a 24-year-old final year medical student whose mother, Hawa Siyaad, spoke to IRIN about that fateful day.
“My son asked me not to be late so I was [...]

SOMALILAND: Pakistan’s Adviser on Consular Affairs sends his condolences

Hargeisa, 28 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Pakistan’s Adviser on Consular Affairs between Foreign  Affairs and  Diplomatic Missions, Mr Shafiq Ahmed Qureshi has sent a letter of condolences to the family, friends, and to the people and government of Somaliland on the death of Somaliland’s State Foreign Minister, Mr Saed Mohamed Nur, who past away on [...]

Book Review: Black Mamba Boy

HARGEISA, 28 December 2009 (Somalilandpress) — Aden,1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world.
Jama is forced home to his native Somalia, the land of his nomadic ancestors. War is on the [...]

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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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