Hargeisa(SD)-Waxa la filayey in uu fulayo balankii iyo dhaartii uu u galay madaxweyn Muuse Biixi Cabdi markii musuqmaasuq oo ah tuugo uu ku kacay gudoomiyaha Bank Dhexe ee Somaliland, Ali Ibraahim Baqdaadi,hase […]
Barring Boris Johnson’s girlfriend from the US for a Somaliland visit is pure idiocy
Carrie Symonds, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s girlfriend, has reportedly been denied a visa to the United States for having traveled to Somaliland. It’s a sin with which I’m familiar, having visited […]
What next in The Reconstituting Endeavor of Somali Nation-states
“What are the Consequences if the people given control our government have no ideas how it works; The fifth Risk by Michael Lewis”. In the trek of civilization, humans settled as nation […]
Somaliland:Economic Needs and The Problem of Foreign Aid
The bad economy is a product of bad politics (policy), and bad leadership is the root cause of all. It is most unfortunate that our African continent has generally become a symbol […]
From Ballidhiig, the Son of a Nomad!
When I travel, I prefer to congregate some books before packing some clothes. Because books are good friends when no one is there for you. Books are for me what knights are […]
Analysis: Does Somalia’s Jubaland Leader Deserve Another Term?
By the end of this August, clan elders from Somalia’s Jubaland region will select a new assembly whose parliamentarians will vote for a regional president. It is accepted as a virtual certainty […]
Review of Somalia’s draft national election bill
The National Electoral Bill is currently under parliamentary review. Once approved, the law will be the foundation for one-person-one-vote (OPOV) national elections scheduled to take place in Somalia in late 2020 and […]
Should Ethiopia recognize Somaliland?
The beginning of this month saw the Transitional Federal “Government” of Somalia, residing in a highly fortified Villa Somalia, cut non-existent diplomatic ties with Guinea Conakry because the latter accorded what looks […]
Rep Ilhan Omar’s Constituents on Trump’s Go Home Taunt: We’ve Heard it Before
MINNEAPOLIS—They’ve been told to go home in grocery stores. On the way to pick up lunch at McDonald’s. On a highway overpass and in school playgrounds. Even while wearing the uniform of […]
When is a nation not a nation? Somaliland’s dream of independence
when you are in Somaliland, there is never any question that you are in a real country. After all, the place has all the trappings of countryhood. When I arrived at the […]
The Gold Producing Potential Of Somaliland
This short article sheds more light on Somaliland’s gold potential and the greater possibility of becoming one of the last mining destinations in East Africa. Apart from Somaliland’s interesting geology- which offers […]
These Americans Went Back and Fixed It
They’d do a better job than Donald Trump in the U.S., too. When President Donald Trump tweeted that progressive congresswomen with roots in dysfunctional countries should “go back and help fix” those […]
Africans arriving here are all assumed to be fleeing – but it’s the UK that risks losing out
n African passport is the most egalitarian of documents, in that if you have one then class, employment status and professional invitations from the country you are visiting all count for nothing. […]
Somalia’s displacement camp ‘gatekeepers’ – ‘parasites’ or aid partners?
For the past eight months, home to Dahabo Abdullahi has been a hut made of sticks and plastic sheeting in a “privatised” camp in the Somali capital. Like many of the more […]
Disunity, in-fighting, foreign interventions and bad policies help al Shabaab
In last week, Somalia was in the headlines once again. At least 26 people, including a prominent journalist, Hodon Naalleeye, have been killed in an attack in Kismayo. Al Shabaab is a […]
The US is quietly waging war in Somalia — and Trump has made it worse
After all, the militant groups Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia (ISS) pose no threat to the US. They’re actually fighting each other. But apparently the president hasn’t grasped that Only […]
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Somali Dispatch News is a dynamic source of information that draws on current events from the Horn of Africa and Somali communities worldwide. It has a broad audience that spans Canada, the […]
BK postpones Nairobi show again
Nairobi (SD)-July 14, 2019- Mohamed BK a Somaliland singer has his show in Nairobi postponed for the second time this month for unknown reasons. BK whose promoters had sold thousands of tickets […]