Progressio, DPU and Somaliland Focus to lead international observation mission to Somaliland’s district and council elections scheduled for 28 November 2012 International development agency Progressio, the Development Planning Unit at UCL and Somaliland Focus (UK) are pleased to, once again, contribute to the building of a stable system of democracy in the Horn of Africa. [...]
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The break-away territory of Somaliland sees drilling for oil as possible by 2014 as three companies start exploration activities, the country’s mining and energy minister said on Tuesday. Hussein Abdi Dualeh told Reuters t he three companies are Ophir Energy Plc, Australia-based Jacka Resources and Genel Energy, which is headed by former BP chief executive [...]
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Hargeysa – Media houses are from now henceforth obliged to uphold ethics while reporting on local council elections. The National Election Commission-NEC, Ministry of Information and all local media houses have signed a conduct of conduct that governs reporting during local council elections. The Elections reporting Code of Conduct-COC is as a result of a [...]
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As always when the election period approaches the romantic memories outweigh the recollection of the sheer hard work of it all for the international election facilitators; roaming the country (or being stuck in Hargeisa for the core team), gathering on the balcony of the Maansoor hotel at the end of the long days, checking out the endless queues of men and women (always
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During the 19th Africa Oil Week conference that starts in Cape Town, South Africa on October 31 – November 2, 2012 the Minister of Minerals, Energy & Water-MME&W Eng Hussein Abdi Duale will have an opportunity to rub shoulders with Africa and the world’s high and mighty energy players.
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According to a reliable source within” the National election commission-NEC has disbursed contracts worth millions to cronies thus denying interested and qualified members of the public an opportunity for fair competition as should have been.
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Somalilanders abroad feel cheated by the international community. By successfully attending the London conference on Somalia many of them thought that their unrecognised nation was finally taking the diplomatic steps needed to be politically visible after more than two decades of unofficial dealings with the world in dark corners. The hope always was, by taking [...]
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Kenya is planning to open embassies in at least six Africa countries in an effort to deepen economic diplomacy on continent. Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi on Wednesday told the Nation that the government was planning new diplomatic missions in Ghana, Algeria, Morocco and Angola. An embassy in Senegal will serve as a key [...]
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The ministry of information, Culture and national guidance is abhorred by the wanton killing of a journalist in Las Anod town the capital of Sool region.
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ERIGAVO (Somalilandsun) – Sanaag police are holding eight charcoal smuggling foreigners and their two trucks. Police in Erigavo have confiscated two trucks and arrested eight people who were caught on the trucks that they were using smuggle charcoal to Garowe town the administrative capital of Puntland, a Somali regional state. This revelation came during a [...]
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