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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,...

Somaliland Government Releases Dozen Journalists, some remain in Custody

In a televised event, the government of the Republic of Somaliland has released a dozen reporters arrested following the Hargeisa Prison revolt on April...

Somaliland Government Makes Cash payments to 988 Waaheen Market Business Owners

The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, has started making cash payments to business owners affected by Waaheen Fire. The cash...

Hargeisa Prison Revolt Leads to Multiple Reporters’ Arrest

According to law enforcement sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, prisoners in Hargeisa prison revolted following an objection to a prisoner who was...

Somaliland and Taiwan to Collaborate on implementing Digital Health Information Management System

In a ceremony attended by officials from the Ministry of Health Development and the Taiwan Representative Office in Somaliland, the governments of Somaliland and...

Breaking – China Supplied Thousands of AK47s, Ammunition, and Portable Surveillance Drones to Somalia

According to multiple sources privy to the military aid unveiled by China's Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Mr. Xue Bing, the equipment...

McCaul, Smith Lead Bipartisan Letter on Increased Engagement with Somaliland

Press Release 03.14.22 Media Contact 202-225-5021 Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights Subcommittee Lead Republican...

Breaking — United States Government Pledges Direct Engagement with Somaliland

According to sources present in today’s meeting between the delegation led by the President of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi and officials from the Departments...

Villa Somalia Sought to Prevent Somaliland Delegation’s Visit to the United States

According to diplomatic sources briefed on the matter, Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has sought Qatar's help in convincing the United States Department of...

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