Ethiopia, Somaliland and China to Sign Trilateral Agreement

August 17, 2011 – Somaliland, Ethiopia, and China are likely to sign trilateral agreements in the coming days. The deals are likely to be on oil, gas, and logistics. To take matters further, Somaliland President Ahmed M. Silanyo arrived in China for bilateral talks.
According to a Presidential press [...]

Timothy A. Ridout
Master’s student at the Fletcher School at Tufts University
Most think of Somalia as a single entity, but it needs to be conceptualized in terms of three distinct regions: Somaliland, Puntland and southern Somalia. The first two are functioning states in northern Somalia, whereas the rest of Somalia is an anarchic region allegedly governed by the Transitional [...]

Beginning from the restoration of the Somaliland state in 1991, Somaliland has been working hard to prove to the world its ability to bring about fundamental structures and policies of a modern state. Somaliland gave first priority to peace and security. This peace and security has provided Somaliland population to enjoy law and order, uninterrupted [...]

PATRICK MAZIMHAKA AND GREG MILLS: ANALYSIS Jul 01 2011 00:00
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Fifty years ago the protectorate of Somaliland gained independence from Britain. Five days later, on July 1 1960, it elected to join Italian Somalia in a union. The marriage did not work; Somalia descended into military dictatorship, civil war and chaos. [...]

In praise of Somaliland — a beacon of hope in the Thorn of Africa
By Peter Tatchell

This year’s civil war in Somalia has killed thousands of people and created over half a million refugees. Democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights are almost non-existent in Mogadishu, where war, banditry, corruption, hunger, illiteracy, disease [...]

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Attempts to tackle the scourge of piracy and keep the Red Sea open for merchant shipping.
On 6 June, Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, spoke to the Asia-Europe Meeting in Budapest and, among other things, she touched on the situation off the coast of Somalia, pointing out that [...]

Sheffield Somalis take part in protest outside Parliament
Published on Monday 30 May 2011 10:02
AS many as 100 Somalis living in Sheffield headed to London for a demonstration.

The Kenyan government has expressed support for the recognition of Somaliland, which is an autonomous region of Somalia.

The horn of Africa has endured some of the biggest wars in Africa. The region is one of the most unstable in the world. Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are historically the principal states shaping the region’s politics and due to the Greater Somalia (GS) ideology Somali children know how to shoot machine guns more than [...]

“Come out and support the shinning and unprecedented democracy in the Horn of Africa”
Last Modified: Tue 03rd May,2011
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Date: 29th April 2011
“Come out and support the shinning and unprecedented democracy in the Horn of Africa”
The Somaliland community in the UK will on, 18th May 2011, hold a rally to mark the 20th anniversary of the [...]