May 2010 Archive
SOMALILAND: President rejects France’s prisoner exchange request
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — President Dahir Rayale Kahin has rejected a French government request to exchange prisoners after his return from Paris, Somalilandpress has learned. The president ...
Diplomacy: Israel 0 – 1 Iran over flotilla
JERUSALEM (Somalilandpress) — Israel could pay a heavy price — including damage to peace efforts with the Palestinians — over the killing of 10 international ...
SOMALILAND: Ibrahim Abdi Elmi released from Berbera prison
BERBERA (SomalilandPress)– Mr. Ibrahim Abdi Elmi was released from Berbera’s notorious Mandeera prison after he was arrested over his political affiliation with the main opposition ...
SOMALILAND: Lasting Solution for Eye vision
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — For long, the nation has suffered from poor eye health care and lack of facilities for treatment. In addition, due to the ...
Canadian Citizen Arrested in Somaliland by Berbera Mayor without Charges
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — A 60 year old Canadian citizen is being held in Berbera’s main jail where he has been held without charge for the ...
Ethiopia gives tribal militants 24-hours deadline to return weapons
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Ethiopian forces stationed out side the town of Buhodle have given local elders 24 hours deadline on Tuesday to return all captured ...
Somalia’s real president?
MOGADISHU (Somalilandpress) — Politicians have reacted angrily to reports that a German firm has signed a deal with a Somali warlord to provide ...
Woman Gives Birth to Triplets in Hargeisa
Hargeisa, Somaliland (Somalilandpress) — The Director of UCID Women Marwo Asha Hussein Maraykan presented a gift basket of items to Zainab Yusuf Abdi who gave ...
Hundreds flee their homes in Buhodle
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — Hundreds of people fled from their homes in the border town of Buhodle in recent days to safety amid fears of fresh ...
Djibouti Livestock: In a critical situation
(SomalilandPress)–Years of drought have had a dramatic impact on the overall health of the herds deteriorated significantly. Pastoralists and agro pastoralists have suffered combined losses ...
Somali companies to invest $1 billion in Somaliland and Somalia
INSTANBUL (Somalilandpress) — Five Somali companies signed an agreement here on Sunday to establish a joint company providing much-needed electricity and gas infrastructure ...
Dahabshiil CEO calls for support from international community to help Somalis
ISTANBUL (Somalilandpress) — The CEO of the largest international remittance business in the Horn of Africa has called for support from the international community to ...
Somaliland Needs a Greedy President
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — Okay, so this is another article that will probably get me in trouble, but please; let me explain why I would make ...
Interview with Somaliland painter Madar Osman
Madar is a highly skilled artist from Berbera, Somaliland. When he was just 5 years old, he moved to Hargeisa and has lived there ever ...
A Somaliland Resources Company Dreams Big
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — Established in 2008, Hargeisa Minerals & Resources Company (HMRC), is a resource company registered in Hargeisa, Somaliland involved in the processing and ...
First Professional Real-Estate Service in Somaliland to be launched
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — A company that goes by the name of Somaliland Properties has sprung up in an office that looks out of place in ...
Coca Cola to Open Plant in Somaliland
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — If ever there was a brand that was truly international, this brand would of course be Coca Cola. Known in literally ...
SOMALILAND: Canadian, American warlords, Al-Shabab vow to disrupt elections
A Canadian and an American of Somali nationals, among other nationalities, with al-Shabab terrorists plan a massive violent campaign against Somaliland polling stations in June ...
Somaliland Embraces Cutting-Edge Advertisement Technology
HARGEISA (SomalilandPress) — Somalilanders have always embraced technology, and a witness to that is our telecommunications industry which has services that are hard to find ...
Ethiopians go to the polls
Voting is underway in Ethiopia, in legislative elections that are set to be a stiff test of the country’s democracy. Menes Zelawi, the current ...
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