Ethiopia Gold exports earning jumps by 422 percent
By Kaleyesus Bekele Border closure weakness illicit gold trade The mineral export earnings in the 2019-2020 budget year has increased by a whopping 422.4 percent compared to the revenue made last…
White House National Security Council welcomes Somaliland Taiwan ties
The United States has hailed the newly found diplomatic relationship between Somaliland and Taiwan describing it as a tremendous step. In what may be seen as long shot by the…
Breaking News: Dozens wounded and at least 5 killed in mass shooting in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HOL) – At least five people have been killed and scores others injured in a mass shooting incident in Mogadishu’s Warta-Nabada district. Warta Nabada District is a district in…
Al-Azhar gives Fatwa on the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam
A general view of the Saddle Dam, part of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia on 26 December 2019 [EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP/Getty Images] (middleeastmonitor)–The Fatwa Committee of the Al-Azhar…
Ethiopia warns Somaliland government not to accept Egypt military base
A delegation from Egyptian government arrived in Somaliland this week and met with Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi and other senior government officials. The delegation including diplomats and military officials…
Taiwan offers scholarships to Somaliland students
The Director of Higher Education announced that Taiwan will offer education scholarships to Somaliland college and university graduates. The announcement follows a meeting between officials from the ministry of education…
Funeral for Former Prime Minister Hassan Abshir
Mogadishu (HOL) – A plane carrying the body of former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah has landed at Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport on Thursday morning where government officials…
Ethiopia confirms that it started filling up the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)
A reservoir behind Ethiopia’s disputed Grand Renaissance dam on the River Nile has started filling with water – a day after talks with Egypt and Sudan ended without agreement, officials…
Somaliland Government Bans Khat indefinitely
Somaliland has today banned of the consumption and trade on Lyft tobacco or Khat which recently raised concerns among the public. The ministry of commerce stated that the product will…
BREAKING NEWS – EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT DELEGATION VISITS HARGEISA SOMALILAND
According to sources, an Egyptian government delegation visited Somaliland on July 12 for a series of high-meeting with members of Somaliland government on bilateral ties and cooperation between the two…
Students in Somalia Puntland Secondary Schools will not receive this year diplomas
From L to R: Puntland’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Mohamed Hassan and Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre/ FILE Mogadishu (HOL) – Somalia’s Minister of Education, Abdullahi Godah Barre has…
Somali military chief Monday survived a targeted bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (HOL) – Somali military chief Monday survived a targeted bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu. General Odowaa Rageh escaped unscathed after a convoy he was traveling in was infiltrated by…
Somalia one person one vote coming soon in the future.
By Paulo Santos, Horn of Africa Analyst In a recent political twist, Somalia’s Federal Member State (FMS) leaders have announced that adopting a “one person, one vote” electoral system is…
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed confident over national debt
By Yonas Abiye House endorses 476 billion birr budget for new fiscal year Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) expressed his confidence over his government’s ability to manage Ethiopia’s overall debt stress,…
Somaliland: agreement reached for Somaliland Elections
The three national political parties in Somaliland have reached a new agreement concerning the upcoming local council and parliamentary elections in the country. They have also amended some of the…