HARGEISA, 4 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - A shoot-out erupted Thursday between pirates who seized a North Korean-flagged, Libyan-owned ship and coast guards in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region, leaving one soldier dead, police said.
It was not clear what sparked the...
ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) -- The Foreign Minister of Sudan, Mr. Deng Alor, who is currently in Addis Ababa for the annual African Union Heads of State summit gave a brief interview with members of Somaliland media.
Mr. Alor spoke extensively...
ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) -- Somaliland Foreign minister, Mr. Abdullahi Mohamed Duale met with Ambassador Johnie Carson, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, in Addis Ababa on Tuesday.
During the meeting, Mr. Mohamed Duale and Ambassador Carson discussed...
BORAMA (Somalilandpress) -- A new factory, Aloe East African Factory, has opened in the city of Borama of Awdal region. The factory will produce both personal hygiene and home maintenance products.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by various dignitaries...
HARGEISA, 3 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Ms. Fatima Sudi, Somaliland’s minister of Family Affairs and Social Development said the human trafficking in Somaliland has increased in recent months. In a press conference, the minister said the voluntary migration among...
ADDIS ABABA, 2 February 2009 (Somalilandpress) - The 34th Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers was held in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2010. The Council was chaired by H.E. Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of...
ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) -- The Namibia Foreign Minister, Mr. Marco Mukoso Hausiku stated in an interview with Geeska Afrika, that African Union members are awaiting a report on Somaliland and other political issues in the Horn of Africa.
Speaking in...
ADDIS ABABA, (Somalilandpress) -- Reporters from Somaliland have been invited to the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital who have been discussing a range of issues from security and conflict to development.
A total of four reporters from both...
HARGEISA, 1 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - A hijacked Cambodian cargo ship is being held off Somalia's Berbera port by businessmen owing to a deal which has gone sour and not pirate attack, a regional maritime official confirmed on Saturday.
Andrew...
HARGEISA, 1 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Travelling to Somaliland is now easier with the launch of direct flights to the city of Hargeisa in the country by East African Safari Air Express.
This follows the signing of a bilateral trade...