Somaliland:The buffer Zone Against the War in Terror And Piracy
January 25th, 2011 Comments Off
By Prof Abdikarim Ahmed Hersi
Member of the steering comity of Economic, Social, and Cultural Council of the African Union: ECOSOCC-AU (The Advisory organ to the African leaders and the AU commissions)
The Republic of Somaliland has endured and surmounted great challenges since reclaiming [...]
Somaliland Minister Of Finance Says They Have Doubled The Salaries Of Military And Government Employees
Hargeysa, Somaliland, January 15, 2011 (SL Times) – Somaliland Minister of Finance, Eng. Muhammad Hashi revealed this week that the government has raised the salaries of the military and government employees so that their salaries would be twice of what it [...]
Somaliland Authority Plans To Privatise Port of Berbera
The Somaliland government is pushing forward with plans to privatise Port of Berbera. Recently, the government is looking into privatising the port and number of the maritime sector have already expressed interest in bidding for a stake in port of Berbera. Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo is expected to [...]
Somaliland: Similarities With Southern Sudan.
Ahmed KheyreJanuary 13, 2011
The plebiscite in Southern Sudan has captured the imagination of many Africans and many more across the globe. After decades of strife, the people of Southern Sudan recently voted on their future aspirations. Although the voting process has not been completed, there is a general consensus that the [...]
Somaliland, China, Oil, and Legitimacy: A Potential Minefield of IssuesPosted on December 21, 2010 by nathanalbright
In today’s news about Somaliland, here is an update about the coming official visit of Somaliland’s president to China and the reasons for China’s friendliness. Though I have already discussed the extreme friendliness of China towards Somaliland [1] and the importance [...]
2011-01-03
STRASBOURG – In the 1990’s, the world averted its eyes to genocide in Rwanda, and to the “Great Lakes War” in eastern Congo, which claimed upward of five million lives – the most in any war since World War II. Will such silence and neglect prevail again if civil war is renewed in Sudan?
Mohamed Yusef knows a good opportunity when he sees one. Recently the London businessman invested $5 million in Somaliland oil exploration.
But though Somaliland is thought to have large oil resources, Yusef remains one of very few investors. “Everybody I meet recognizes that Somaliland is a great investment opportunity,” he says. “It has lots of mineral [...]
HARGEISA (Somalilandglobe.com) Somaliland president Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo is expected to pay an official visit to China early next year, at the invitation of Chinese Government.
On Friday, 26 November, in a meeting chaired by former British Minister for Africa, Lord Triesman, President Silanyo addressed a wide ranging audience of international government officials, academics, journalists and business leaders at Chatham House in London. In one of Chatham House’s most popular seminars in history, over 200 people attennded with scores of others turned [...]
Somalilandglobe New 18 November 2010 – President Ahmed M Silanyo of republic Somaliland is expected to depart to a working visit to Ethiopia and UK today, according to informed sources. Somaliland President Ahmed M Silanyo, will be accompanied by a number of his cabinet Ministers, and is expected to meet Ethiopian Prime Meles Zenawi and [...]