Tag Archive "east-africa"
Somaliland is a functioning polity and more democratic than the rest of the Horn of Africa
Visitors arriving at Aden Adde International Airport in the Somali capital of Mogadishu can be forgiven for wondering where they have landed. As the aircraft ...
Turkey set to heavily invest in Somalia
Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, left, shakes hands with Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan before he addresses a conference that aims to support Somalia ...
The World’s Next State?
HARGEISA, Somaliland— If a country isn’t recognized, does it make a sound? Here in Somaliland, the semi-autonomous northern part of the failed state of Somalia, ...
Somaliland’s Foreign Policy: Pioneering, Promising and Progressive
In this ever-changing and unpredictable geo-political issues as well as global economic, security and diplomatic challenges, a solid and well thought foreign policy is vital ...
Unicef use the force of Ewan McGregor to bolster east Africa drought appeal
LONDON — Unicef, the UN agency for children, has enlisted Ewan McGregor – the actor best known for his roles in Trainspotting and the Star ...
USAID Supports Economic Opportunities for Somali People
HARGEISA, Somaliland – The U.S. Agency for International Development’s Partnership for Economic Growth was launched today in Hargeisa. The Partnership is working with Somalis to ...
UN Refugee Agency Launches Inaugural Somali Community Event in Kenya
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress)–The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has partnered with Dahabshiil, the largest international money transfer company in Africa, to host the first ...
US senator voices bioterrorism fears over East African labs
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — Poorly secured medical laboratories in East Africa are posing new worries over possible bio-terrorism in a region hosting an Al Qaeda-linked insurgent ...
East Africa is next hot oil zone
NAIROBI, (Somalilandpress) — East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda’s Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural ...
US Firm Urges Affordable Internet Access for East Africa
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) — A U.S.-based organization that promotes the use of the Internet is urging leaders in east Africa to make the Internet accessible and ...
The Mourning Tree – An Autobiography and A Prison Memoir by Mohamed Barud Ali, February 2010
In 1993, as a Minister of the Republic of Somaliland, “I was given the same office that the National Security Service interrogated me in the ...
Eritrea fanning conflict in region.
One of the frustrations with which Africa’s friends have had to repeatedly cope over the years has been the seemingly utter incapacity of the African ...
Without Free Movement, East Africa Will Keep Marking Time
HARGEISA, 16 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) – IN recent weeks, Nairobi has hosted two crucial meetings that touched on pertinent issues that deal with wealth creation. ...
East Africa gets high-speed web
The first undersea cable to bring high-speed internet access to East Africa has gone live. The fibre-optic cable, operated by African-owned firm Seacom, connects South ...