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...

Health

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,...

Steps to inoculate African economies against the impact of coronavirus

Chuku Chuku, The University of Uyo The curve of the coronavirus pandemic started to bend upwards in Africa only recently – just as the curve...

Does Sub-Saharan Africa necessitate a unique response to COVID-19? More than ten African Countries Have No Ventilators!

Dr.Essa Abdi Djama Covid-19 and Sub-Saharan disease response and readiness? Malnutrition and disease means COVID-19 could be more deadly in Africa than elsewhere in the world.Health...

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...

‘Track and trace’ is key to containing COVID-19: how privacy can be protected

Co-Pierre Georg, University of Cape Town In efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19, governments are imposing stringent restrictions on movement, including social distancing and...

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...

President Bihi Addresses the Nation on Renewed Crisis in Sanaag Region and COVID-19

President of the Republic of Somaliland HE Muse Bihi Abdi addressed the nation this afternoon on renewed hostilities in Sanaag region and spoke at...

Dr. Gaboose Makes an Impassioned Plea to President Bihi to Stop Khat Imports due to COVID-19

One of Somaliland's most respected doctors, Dr. Mohamed Abdi Gabose who spoke to the media a short while ago made an impassioned plea directly...

Confusing and Conflicting COVID-19 Messaging on Mosques Closures, Public Transportation, International Flights and Khat Import

Mosques across Somaliland are still open and packed despite a confusing order from National Preparedness Committee for COVID19 on April 13th that asked the...

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