Category: Somaliland
SOMALILAND: GOVERNMENT ORDERS ITS MEDIA ‘FAIR AND BALANCED
HARGEISA (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. In an unprecedented move, the Ministry of Information and National Guidance ordered all government-owned media outlets to allow opposition voices an equal coverage. In a circular addressed to the Radio Hargeisa, Somaliland National Television, Dawan newspaper, and all other government-owned…
Somaliland: Human rights “Significant Gaps Remain”: Report 2020
MOGADISHU (HAN) September 20. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Somalia, Isha Dyfan, assumed her functions on 1 May 2020, following her appointment by the Human Rights Council on 12 March 2020. Since May, the Independent Expert has held online meetings…
Somaliland’s New Cold War Diplomacy
by Mohamed Farah Hersi. In 2020, Somaliland’s internationally and regionally isolated status has dramatically changed with the establishment of new diplomatic engagements. These new friendships have created foes and friends for the de facto nation state. For many years gone by, Somaliland had been a silent actor in regional dynamics because of its lack of international recognition and…
Somaliland: Shukri Bandare “Climate change is real”
Djibouti (HAN) December 6th, 2019. Regional security -Famine and Drought. -IGAD 2020 Regional Security Watch. In August 2019, Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare is the Minister of Environment and Rural Development in Somaliland said, “Somaliland is facing climate change now and Shukri is taking action.” Thereafter, She was nominated as a Minister for Environment and Rural Development and…
Somaliland Experiencing Climate Extremes
Hargeisa (HAN) December 6th, 2019. Regional Security and Climate Crisis. Extreme Weather Issues in the Horn of Africa. People were suffering from drought for the last 2 decades, but now with extreme flooding. Changing climate has displaced a thousands in Somaliland and Puntland regional state of Somalia. “Climate change is real. In Somaliland, it is…
Somaliland: Why is the World Ignoring it?
Hargeisa (HAN): December 2nd, 2019 – Opinion By. Garrett O’Brien, Harverd Political Review – Regional IGAD Security Watch: Why is the World Ignoring Somaliland? most, a functionally independent country that lies in the northern part of modern Somalia with a separate government, education system, and even a coast guard would be something out of a fantasy novel.…
SOMALILAND: Opposition leader hints of more Protest
HARGEISA (HAN) November 18, 2019. Regional Security and Stability NEWS. Somaliland’s main opposition leader hints he will hold more gatherings with his Waddani Party supporters despite police objections. In this video clip, Abdirahman Irro argues supporters to assemble themselves at regional Party HQs. Harun Maruf@HarunMaruf < Guddoomiye Cirro pic.twitter.com/np6XjyhLWD — warfaafinta waddani (@WaddaniP) November 18,…
Somaliland: Human Rights Centre condemns opposition and media crackdown
On Sunday night, 17th November 2019, the Police in Somaliland arrested two opposition leaders, Khadar Hussein Abdi, the secretary-general of Waddani, and the spokesperson of the party, Barkhad Jama Batun. Waddani is the main opposition party of Somaliland, which came second in last presidential election. Earlier that day the leadership of the party called its…
Somaliland: PM Abiy Ahmed Meets President Muse Bihi In Addis
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received at his office today the President of the Somaliland Administration H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi and his delegation. The two parties discussed and agreed on a number of key points including strengthening their people to people relations; ensuring the wellbeing of Ethiopians in Somaliland and working in unison on matters of…
Somaliland: First national blood bank started
A government driven blood donation campaign in Somaliland has generated 60,000 units of blood to jumpstart the first ever national blood bank in the capital, Hargeisa. The one-month long campaign targeting major towns in Somaliland aims to equip the national blood bank with sufficient blood to meet emergency needs, authorities have said. According to Mohamed…
