Somaliland President Musa Bihi has said the recently held parliamentary and municipality elections have brought respect to the country and elicited interest from the international community. He said the peaceful and organized manner with which the electoral process was carried out has silenced the naysayers who had spelt doom for the country. “The elections opened […]
Parliamentarians from Kenya and Somaliland have launched a caucus aimed at strengthening diplomatic, trade and socio-political ties between the two countries. The Caucus formed in the weekend will be chaired by Ijara MP Sophia Abdi Noor. Somaliland, a country fighting for international recognition has been engaging the foreign nations in Africa and beyond to build […]
International observers of the local and parliament elections in Somaliland say the World should recognize the democratic ideals of the country after holding free, fair, and credible parliamentary and municipality elections last week. The observers under the Brenthurst Foundation based in South Africa further said Africa should support Somaliland after the exercise. Dr. Greg Mills, […]
Somaliland’s Democratic Journey continues with 1 million-plus registered voters expected to cast their votes for approximately 246 candidates gunning for 82 parliamentary seats on the May 31 elections Another 966 candidates are vying for 249 district municipality seats in the six regions making the 2021 parliamentary and civic elections be the most competitive yet in […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Somaliland leader Muse Bihi met on the sidelines of the inauguration of Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh on Saturday ostensibly to discuss matters between the two nations. Their meeting in the Djibouti capital was the first since President Bihi visited Kenya in December on invitation of President Uhuru which left Somalia […]
British envoy to Somalia Kate Foster was left impressed with the multiparty democratic system of Somaliland and promised her government will continue helping the democratization process in the country. Foster who made a visit to Somaliland capital Hargeisa held talks with the country’s President Muse Bihi and also the National Electoral Commission officials. The UK […]
The African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization, today pledged to work closely with African leaders to address rising hunger on the continent and shore up adequate financing to transform and modernize Africa’s food production. […]
Former US Deputy Secretary of State for Africa and Ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia Tibor Nagy has advised Somalia to learn from the democratic ideals of Somaliland in holding presidential and parliamentary elections Nagy in a tweet said while Somaliland has held peaceful and democratic elections without any foreign assistance, the same cannot be said […]
Somaliland has called on the international community to delink the country from the political and economic disarray in Somalia occasioned by the failure of the latter to hold its elections early this year. In a statement, Somaliland reiterated it is not part of the government of Mogadishu and will continue to chart its political direction […]
Sharon Ikeazor, ABUJA – From sweltering heatwaves to disrupted harvests, Nigerians are already feeling the effects of climate change, and the country’s fast-growing young population is working hard to develop innovative solutions to the escalating crisis. But climate change is not a challenge any country can tackle alone. African countries, in particular, should not have to try. After […]
Kampala, 18 March 2021, The United Nations system in Uganda and Equity Bank Uganda have established new partnerships for acceleration of the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country. The new partnership will promote social inclusion and improve economic outcomes for human development as well as contribute to the social-economic transformation of […]
Anuj Tanna, NAIROBI – The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have hit everyone in Kenya hard, especially Kenya’s young micro-entrepreneurs. But at the height of lockdown measures, while the formal sector of the economy ground to a halt, the informal sector demonstrated its resilience. For young people in particular, whose schools were closed and […]
“Rest! What is rest for women working in the corporate world?” Grenia Nalumansi laughs before she provides a glimpse into her life. She considers herself the pivot of her family and the crucial axis of her work as a Public Relations Officer at a busy technology company in Kampala city. The dilemma of Nalumansi is […]