Two opposition parties in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region won a majority of seats in the region's first parliamentary election in 16 years, the National Electoral Commission said on Sunday.
Out of parliament's 82 seats, the Somaliland National Party, called WADDANI,...
The head of Somaliland’s Electoral Commission Abdirashid Mohamud Wa’ays, popularly known as .Riyo-raac’ said on Wednesday he had resigned as tensions continue to simmer over an upcoming presidential vote scheduled for November 13.
The official told a press conference in...
At the Grand Haddi Hotel, Hargeisa, the Republic of Somaliland launched the official country profile – the first of its kind since independence from Britain on June 26, 1960, before going into an ill-fated kind of kind with Italian...
The 93rd Session of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Somaliland chaired by the President H.E. Muse Bihi Abdi, and accompanied by the Vice President H.E. Abdirahman Abdillahi Ismail Sayli’i highlighted key issues focusing on various national...
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Chiayi County Magistrate Weng Chang-liang (left) and Somaliland representative to Taiwan Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud (CNA photo)
Chiayi County magistrate 'happy' to help East African nation
By Kelvin Chen
TAIPEI — Chiayi County on Monday morning (July 26) gifted firefighting equipment to Somaliland...
Not much happens in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital, but that’s how most residents prefer it.
The main attraction is a memorial with a Somali Air Force jet that bombed the city during the territory’s independence war in the 1980s. There is...
Somaliland is resisting China’s rapid expansion in Africa through the Belt-and-Road initiative. After months of pressure, the Somaliland government cut out Beijing and invited Taiwan to open an embassy in the capital, Hargeisa.
As America confronts an assertive China across...
Different types of property relations shape the living conditions of residents in marginalised urban settlements of Hargeisa. EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images
Many cities in Somaliland are growing rapidly. Climate change-induced displacement, insecurity, and population growth accelerate urbanisation. Yet, many...