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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,...

Preferential Treatment: How Sagal Jet won more than 1.2 Million Dollars in Government Contracts Under President Bihi

Sagal Jet, arguably the most prominent publishing firm in Somaliland, has been thriving since President Muse Bihi Abdi took office. Awarded nearly 1.3 million...

Drowning in Red Ink – President Bihi’s Government lied about the size of Debt inherited from His Predecessor

According to Somaliland government records examined by the Somaliland Chronicle, President Bihi’s government has inherited a sizeable debt from the previous administration of President...

Corrupt Monopoly: Why the Insurance Commission Selected Amanah to be the Sole Insurer at Berbera Port and Customs

The chairman of the National Insurance Commission Mr. Saleban Awad Ali (Bukhaari), in a directive, announced that Amanah Insurance is the sole company that is authorized...

How a Sex Crimes Fugitive from Minnesota is Working with Somali Government to Crowdfund Dictatorship

Despite vehemently denying that the International Community has cut all budgetary support to Somalia’s Federal Government following its failure to hold elections and the...

Dangerously Unregulated: How SOMTEL’s IPO Raises More Questions than Answers

Dahabshiil Group, one of the largest companies in Somaliland, has gone public with its wholly owned telecommunications company and of the second-largest telecommunication firm...

Murky Water: How the New $50 Water Meter is Connected to President Bihi’s Son

On January 28th, Hargeisa Water Agency sent its customers a notice informing them that it will be deploying new smart meters and that the...

Somaliland Government Backpeddles on Il-Conceived Decision to Ban the Livelihood of Thousands.

In Thursday's cabinet meeting, the President of the Republic of Somaliland HE Muse Bihi Abdi and his cabinet discussed transportation and road safety and...

Sugar. Cellphones. Corruption: The Container that Claimed the Entire Leadership of Berbera Customs

In April 2020, a cargo container was taxed and cleared out of Berbera Customs only to be intercepted outside of Hargeisa city limits by...

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