Category: Somaliland
The Somaliland Adventure Continues
Hargeisa (HAN) January 29, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Dr. Joseph DiBattista, Photos by Tane Synclair-Taylor. Our primary destination on this trip is the historical port city of Berbera, the only sheltered harbor on the southern shores of the Gulf of Aden. Khalid arranges two Toyota Land Cruisers with tinted windows, including an…
Somaliland's Livestock Devastated by Drought
HARGEISA (HAN) December 2, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. By: Ashley Hamer. Vast regions of Somaliland, the autonomous territory that declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but has not been internationally recognised, are enduring one of their harshest droughts in two decades. As the wet seasons have grown increasingly erratic and the rainfall…
The Newly Appointed Minister of National Planning and Development Hon Ali Ismail
HARGEISA (HAN) November 13, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. The outgoing Minister of National Planning Dr. Sacad Ali Shire handed over the mantle to the newly appointed Minister of National planning and Development Hon Ali Ismail during a well-attended ceremony held at the Mansoor Hotel, Hargeisa. During the handing over ceremony the outgoing Minister…
Somaliland: Nabiil Abdi Future Peace Maker SYPM
Hargeisa (HAN) September 21, 2015. Public Diplomacy & regional Security. Nabiil Abdi has established a Somali Young Peace Makers SYPM in order to strength the peace and stability. He is taking Up the Peace Day Challenge with the lead of U.S Institute of Peace USIP and my Generation Change Fellow from the Middle East and African. So let’s…
Somalia: The Instability Produced by the British Colonial Power in Somaliland
Nairobi (HAN) July 24, 2015 – Opinion & Diplomacy Archives for Regional Security and stability Initiatives. Is it true that, “British diplomacy was always direct war with Somali people”? Is dividing and British rule police is still active in Somalia? Let us read and listen House of Common’s debate about the Somali people in 1955…
Is Somaliland Still a Good News Story?
Nairobi (HAN) October 28, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional food Security Initiatives News. By Simon Allison. In Somaliland, most politicians are known by their nicknames. So President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud is ‘Silanyo,’ which translates to ‘skinny lizard’ – a throwback to his youth when he was tall and slim.President Silanyo is not skinny anymore, however,…
Somaliland: A Functional Part of a Dysfunctional Country
London October 16, 2015. Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiatives New. SAHRA HALGAN, a musician, fled Hargeisa in northern Somalia in 1991. The city she left was a smoking ruin; most of the population was scattered. But in 2013, after 22 years living in France and working as a cleaner, she felt the urge to return. “I…
Somaliland: The New Somalia Air Traffic Control Tower Angers Somaliland Ahead Of Turkey Talks
Hargeisa (HAN) October 15, 2015 – Breaking News – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security News. In Mogadishu’s New Somalia air traffic control tower, whose foundation stone was laid by the Federal Government of Somalia’s Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, has angered Somaliland administration, according to the Somaliland aviation minister. The Somaliland Civil Aviation Minister, Mohamud Hashi…
Somaliland at The Crossroads: Protecting a Fragile Stability
Nairobi (HAN) October 13, 2015 – Public Diplomacy Regional Security News. In a conflict-prone region, Somaliland is a rare success story. Although the international community has not recognised the independence of this self-declared republic, the territory functions with complete autonomy. Over the last 24 years, it has built a functioning democracy and relatively strong institutions of…
Somaliland: British Ambassador for Eid Message
Hargeisa (HAN) September 25, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Security Initiative News. Diplomatic and religious Eid message by the British Ambassador to Somalia/land, sent an audio and video Eid Massage. An Exclusive Interview With the British Ambassador to Somalia Ambassador Harriet Mathews by Geeska Afrika Online soon. British Ambassador to Somalia/land, Ms Harriet Mathews OBE…
