Friends in need are friends in deed The President’s visit to the U.A.E this week is an important one which, given the good intentions with the people’s interests in its core, ought to be supported to the hilt. This time round,...
Whereas people have rights to agree to disagree so too do they have rights of disagreeing to agree. We have always held the outcomes of our Guurti verdicts as quite tenable for the past two decades. Whatever decisions that they...
It is quite sad that the opposition members have come out with recklessly unconstitutional alternative to seek power. This idea of the formation of a “National Coalition” government is one that has ripped apart many a developing nation is only...
This column is this week elated by the fact that the ongoing voter registration exercise has been put on hold, albeit for four weeks for the sake of the people. We had spiritedly called for the plight of the...
  The level of Avarice (greed) among some of the omnipotent leviathan businesses operating in Somaliland’s free market is astounding, callous businesses operating incessantly with impunity that hoard, collude, manipulate and inflate already artificially-inflated commodity prices. However with the advent...
Hargeisa, Jul 19 2009 (Somalilandpress) -- As the calendar for the Somaliland presidential election approached, and as Kulmiye party which lost the last round yearned to go on the top this time, then serious, irreconcilable disagreement emerged, which caused...
The government plan to replace the traditional charcoal as alternative fuel to either that of coal, gas or kerosene/paraffin or/and electricity as source of energy for use in basic cooking is of course quite welcome. The real issue is not,...
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Politicians shouldn’t render folks asunder We have to emphasize support where they are due. If it could be remembered, this column’s annual resolution on the eve of the 2011 New Year was an appeal to the government to prioritize water issues. Almost...
Somaliland and her people have come a long long way over the past quarter of a century. They have made a journey that has crossed rough and dangerous terrains, swam across strong currents and trekked along paths that have been...