ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) -- Following disputes over the conducting of elections in Somaliland which were initially slated for September 2009, Sub-Saharan Informer's Samson haileyesus caught up with Mr. Jama Mohamoud Omar, previous chairman of Somaliland’s National Electoral Commission (NEC)...
The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said.
"We have only two rooms; one for males...
HARGEISA, 9 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - The news and events of the last two months have been harsh, with earthquakes ravaging whole cities, and families and children suffering. SOS Children's Villages continues to respond to these situations in force,...
NAIROBI (Somalilandpress) -- A U.S.-based organization that promotes the use of the Internet is urging leaders in east Africa to make the Internet accessible and affordable to all of their citizens. The leaders are gathering in Nairobi for...
BOSASSO, (Somalilandpress) -- A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of street children in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia’s self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, with NGOs...
Mogadishu, 7 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - The authorities of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia have said that the breakaway republic of Somaliland can not be recognized as an independent state, just as Israel said recently it gave identification...
In south and central Somalia, there is nowhere to escape from the worsening conflict between the rebels and the pro-government forces, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, mostly women and children. People hoping for a new life...
Issa is one of the major tribes in horn of Africa and live in Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somaliland. The Issa’s geographical homeland starts from northwest of Ethiopia’s city of Dire Dawa, Djibouti and to historic northern Somaliland city of...
HARGEISA, (IRIN) -- Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and the self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, according to officials.
“The floods occurred in the last 24...
MOGADISHU, 3 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Last year Somalia's Radio Warsan was a pro-government station that vilified al-Qaida-linked insurgents. Today it is in the hands of the rebels as they battle the U.N.-backed government on the ground with guns...