Addis Ababa 16. January 2018 (SDN/QJ):-Musa Bihi Abdi President of Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia, has arrived in Addis Ababa today for a two-day official visit. Foreign Minister, Workneh Gebeyehu has welcomed Abdi who won the election in November 2017, upon his arrival at the Bole International Airport. The president said that his visit […]
Hargaysa 10. January 2018 (SDN/QJ):-His Excellency Musa Behi Abdi, President of the Republic of Somaliland, today, received Mr. Michael Keating, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Somalia/Somaliland, and a delegation he led at his office at the Presidency, Hargeisa. Somaliland Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Saad Ali Shire, and Mr. Keating, jointly, […]
Hargaysa 10. January 2018 (SDN/QJ):-Hargeisa regional court in Somaliland yesterday sentenced four youngsters who robbed a Japanese photographer on broad daylight. The four youngsters admitted of the robbery they committed and further revealed that they stole 5000 US dollars from him. The court sentenced 2 years and 9 months jail term and ordered to pay […]
Djibouti 06. January 2018 (SDN/QJ):-The President of the Republic, His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, hosted today at l’ international airport, the new president of the self-proclaimed Republic of somaliland, Mr Moussa Bihi Abdi, on an official visit of 48 hours to Djibouti. During a first interview at the VIP lounge at the airport, the president […]
Hargaysa 12. December 2017 (SDN/QJ):-Who knows Somaliland? This territory located in the northern confines of Somalia has persisted for twenty-six years to prove that it can make a peaceful and democratic destiny in the midst of chaos. The former British protectorate, self-proclaimed independent of Somalia in 1991, has so far been recognized by no other state. It officially remains an autonomous province […]
Hargaysa 18. November 2017 (SDN/QJ):-At least 3 people were killed in post-election violence Thursday in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, after one of the two opposition parties claimed “massive” polling irregularities. Hundreds of angry supporters of the Wadani Party took to the streets in three major cities, setting up roadblocks, burning tires, and stoning cars and […]
Hargaysa 14 November 2017 (SDN/QJ):-Following Somaliland’s third presidential election on 13 November 2017, the 60-member mission, funded by Britain’s government and drawing on members from 27 countries is now finalising its interim report to Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission as observers return to Hargeisa. Says chief observer Dr Michael Walls of the Development Planning Unit (DPU) […]
Hargaysa 14 November 2017 (SDN/QJ):-Five things you need to know about Somaliland’s vote After a seven-year wait, Somaliland will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Here are five things you need to know http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/somaliland-vote-171112093215748.html The man who buried Somaliland’s dead It was June 2, 1988, and Hargeisa was under attack. The rat-a-tat-tat […]
Hargaysa 09. September 2017 (SDN/QJ):-We are utterly disturbed by the reports and scenes of inhuman treatment of the Rohingya community by the Myanmar security forces. We urge Myanmar government to stop the horrendous violence and the ethnic, and religious cleansing against the Rohingya civilians, and to allow humanitarian assistance to reach those who need it so […]
Dubai 02. July 2017 (SDN/QJ):- The governments of Somaliland and UAE have signed a new agreement; towards enhanced economic and bilateral relations of the two nations. . The agreement which includes construction of the road from Berbera port to Wajaale district, the border between Somaliland and Ethiopia that would facilitate the trade of those nations was […]