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Yemen sends delegation to Somaliland to open diplomatic office

HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The Republic of Yemen has sent four-member delegation consisting of diplomats and investors to Somaliland on Sunday ahead of the opening of diplomatic office by Yemen in Hargeisa. According to sources close to the government, the office will serve mainly to carry out consular functions for Yemeni citizens. It will also work toward [...]

Somaliland’s Recognition, Arab League, Somali Regime—Toothless Chihuahua

You would often encounter on the streets a spindly Chihuahua hissing and huffing to intimidate a German Sheppard with oversized paws or a vicious Pit Bull. Also, you may wonder why on earth a tiny Chihuahua would provoke dogs that are twice or three times of its size. The problem is: Chihuahuas think they are [...]

SOMALILAND: Women’s rights activist, Fatima speaks to Somalilandpress

HARGEISA, (Somalilandpress) — Fatima Saeed is a women’s rights activist and a humanitarian worker who is currently based in Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland. She has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since childhood, where she had played a major part in advocating for the black women’s rights in the country. During her stay [...]

SOMALILAND: New Video Song by Fuad Omar

(SomalilandPress)-SomalilandPress was able to find the video for the song that everyone is talking about by Fuad Omar “Somaliland”. We thank the owner of the video “SomalilandOttawa”, this video is from the May 18th 2009 Somaliland party that was held in Ottawa, Canada. Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg this! Share this on Reddit Share this on del.icio.us Share [...]

International Women’s Day Celebrated in Somaliland

HARGEISA, 14 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – As in every year on March 8th—International Women’s Day—the Academy supported Moonlight Girls Association, a Borama-based non-governmental girls’ organisation, to organise and facilitate a commemorative event for this global celebration at Rays Hotel of Borama, the capital city of Somaliland’s Awdal region. The event, which has been gaining [...]

2010 Fiscal Year: A Time To Remember The Late CA, Ali Gulaid

HARGEISA, 15 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – It was a sunny morning; I went to Crown Hotel in the west side of Hargeisa. I had, in that place, an appointment with Ali Gulaid (may Allah bless him). It was now fifteen minutes before the appointment time. I sat in one of the huts in the hotel and [...]

East Africa is next hot oil zone

NAIROBI, (Somalilandpress) — East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda’s Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and even war-torn Somalia. The region, until recently largely ignored by the [...]

SOMALIA: “British Couple Wounded” – Pirates

MOGADISHU, (Somalilandpress) — Somaliland MP said he has received information that one of the British couple held in Somalia was seriously wounded by the Somali pirates after a gun-battle, Somalilandpress reports. Speaking by phone, spokesman of the militia, Mr. Ali Gedow told Somaliland MP, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed, that Rachel Chandlers has been shot and in a [...]

SOMALIA: Tensions high in Bossaso as president shakes up intelligence agency

BOSSASO (Somalilandpress) — Tensions are said to be high in Bossaso, the commercial hub of Puntland, after a sudden shake up at the top echelon of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region’s security establishment. Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed “Farole” issued a presidential decree, dated March 12th, ordering the replacement of the former chairman of Puntland Intelligence Service (PIS), Osman [...]

Somaliland: Telcom Job Vacancy “SOFTWARE ENGINEER / PROGRAMMER”

SOFTWARE ENGINEER / PROGRAMMER Job Title Software Programmer / Analyst Division/Department Information Technology Salary Grade/Band Reports to Head of IT Department Location / Based in Hargeisa (Somaliland) Position IT Executive Opening Date Closing Date SUMMARY U-Tell FZC is looking for young, talented, analytical software engineer / programmer for their Information Technology division. Short listed candidate will have to perform variety of software development and programming assignments. Required knowledge and skills must [...]

SOMALIA: Twenty killed in Mogadishu fighting

At least 20 civilians were killed and scores wounded after fighting between Islamist insurgents and the Somali government forces erupted in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Rebels have stepped up attacks in various parts of the city in recent weeks and government forces have responded with shelling. (Video: Watch this video on the [...]

K’naan’s ‘Wavin’ Flag’ gets ‘We Are the World’ treatment for Haiti

TORONTO (Somalilandpress) — Canadian rap stars have a tougher time than rockers in breaking through the mainstream, although for K’naan, that’s about to change big time. He’s already scaled most of the local industry’s heights – he won a Juno for his debut, his latest album was nominated for a Polaris Prize [...]

SOMALILAND: Somaliland’s Healer of Women

Edna Adan Ismail had wanted to build a hospital since she was 11 years old. Today, her facility in Mogadishu saves women’s lives every day–and has reduced the maternal mortality rate by one-fourth. As an 11-year-old growing up in Somaliland, then a British protectorate, Edna Adan Ismail had a powerful dream. “I wanted to build a [...]

US Has No Plan To “Americanize” Somalia Conflict

Washington, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – The United States on Friday denied coordinating plans by Somalia’s embattled government to launch an offensive against Islamist fighters, saying it had no plans to “Americanize” the conflict. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson described as inaccurate reports suggesting that U.S. officials were ready to get more militarily involved as [...]

More Than 50 Killed in Somalia Fighting

Mogadishu, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Heavy fighting continued to rock Somalia capital of Mogadishu for the third day running, the fighting is between the Somalia insurgent group of Al- Shabab and the transitional federal government troops allied to Sheikh Sheriff Sheikh Ahmed administration. The total number of deaths reported as at now stand at 50 [...]

Prof Iqbal Jhazbay Launches Book on Somaliland at UNISA, Pretoria

Pretoria, South African ministers, Ambassadors, Academics including Professor Louise Molamu, Registrar of the University of South Africa, Professor Rosemary Moeketsi, Executive Dean of Human Sciences, Professor Iqbal Jhazbhay, Author of the Book , and his wife Naseema Docrat , Distinguished ambassadors and high commissioners in South Africa, Professor Chris Landsberg of the University of [...]

Saudi Arabia signs Djibouti anti-piracy Code

Djibouti, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Dr. Jubarah Bin Eid Alsuraisry, Minister of Transport of Saudi Arabia (pictured left), today signed the Code of Conduct on the Suppression of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden (Djibouti Code of Conduct). The agreement, signed during an official [...]

SOMALIA: Offering Migrants An Alternative To Death by Water

Bosaso, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – In an attempt to deal with a growing influx of migrants, authorities in Somalia’s autonomous region of Puntland are adopting new measures to stop people from undertaking the hazardous journey to Yemen, officials said. “The problem of migrants is not going away and the Puntland authorities, particularly in the [...]

Speech by Minister Collins Chabane on the occasion of the book launch on Somaliland by Professor Iqbal Jhazbhay

Pritoria, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Speech by Minister Collins Chabane on the occasion of the book launch on Somaliland by Professor Iqbal Jhazbhay; UNISA: “There are now three states out of Somalia, namely Somalia of Mogadishu, Somalia of Djibouti and Somaliland of Hargeisa.” Professor Louise Molamu, Registrar of the University of South Africa Professor Rosemary [...]

Court Critical of Somali Extradition Case

HARGEISA, 12 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Rotterdam district court has asked the US authorities to supply it additional information in their request for the extradition of a Somali man, arrested at an asylum seekers centre last November. Mohamud Said Omar, 44, is alleged to have helped extremists travel to Somalia to train with the radical Islamic [...]