Investigative Reports

Security Reform vs. Security Risk: Weighing the Implications of Somaliland’s Military Biometric System

Key Points Somaliland's biometric registration of security personnel aims to...

The Diplomacy of Gullibility: How Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry Keeps Falling for International Fraudsters

In what has become a familiar scene in Somaliland's...

Ex-US Ambassador to Somalia Lobbies for Hormuud’s Access to American Banking System

Questions mount as André partners with Somali MP who...

Economy

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...

Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...

Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

Minister Wu took questions from pool of international media reporters in Taipei on October 12th, 2022. The session was moderated by Catherine Y.M Hsu,...

A novel idea: integrating urban and rural safety nets in Africa during the pandemic

Astrid R.N. Haas, International Growth Centre and Rachel Strohm In countries across Africa, the public health restrictions imposed to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic have...

Somaliland ships its the largest shipment of camels to Egypt

According to a post by the Manager of Berbera Port, Mr. Said Hassan Abdillahi, Somaliland is shipping more than 3000 camels to Egypt, its...

Somaliland Government Puts the cost of Fiscal and Economic Implication of COVID-19 at 110 Million US Dollars.

In a report issued by the Ministry of Finance Development titled Fiscal and Economic Implication of COVID-19, Somaliland government is predicting a 30% drop...

Somaliland Government Issues A Temporary Moratorium on Khat Import

The National Preparedness Committee for COVID19 chaired by the Vice President of Somaliland HE Abdirahman Abdallahi Ismail Saylici have announced a temporary moratorium on...

Somaliland Strongly Rebukes Somalia’s attempt to Implement A World Bank Project in its Territory

Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a strong statement warning Somalia's Federal Government to refrain from interfering in its sovereignty. The...

Ethiopian Airlines’ Indispensable Role as Somaliland’s Lifeline during COVID-19 Pandemic

Ethiopian Airlines flights into Somaliland has been the subject of public debate recently where some including this outlet have suggested banning passengers coming into...

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Signs a Mineral Extraction Agreement with a British Shell Company

On December 14th, 2019, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development signed an agreement with a British Company called Anglo Somaliland Minerals LTD. The announcement...

DP World doubles down its bet on Somaliland with a 12 SQ KM Free Economic Zone

The world's largest port operator DP World and Somaliland government finalized an agreement from 2017 to develop a free trade zone in Berbera. According to...

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