Tag: Somaliland
Somaliland: new rise in tension around the disputed town of Las Anod
In Somaliland, tension is rising again around Las Anod, six months after very deadly fighting in this town at the heart of a disputed region between Somalia and Somaliland –…
UN Security Council calls for Somaliland withdrawal from Las Anod town
In Somaliland, the battle for control of the disputed town of Las Anod is now diplomatic. Since the beginning of the year, Somaliland forces have been clashing with local clan…
conflict escalates in Somaliland
Since the end of February, clashes have pitted the army of this self-proclaimed state against local fighters who are demanding the return of three regions (Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC))…
Somaliland accuses Puntland of attacking it
Armed clashes have been taking place on the Somaliland-Somalia border around the disputed town of Las Anod for about 20 days. The fighting has now moved up the road, closer…
growing tensions with Puntland
The climate is still very tense on the border between the Somali state of Puntland and Somaliland, the self-declared state in the north of the country, around the town of…
Death toll rises in troubled Somaliland
The unrest stems from confrontations between government forces from Somaliland and an armed group that swears allegiance to Somalia. The regular fighting, which flared up on Monday, continued mainly in…
Political crisis in Somaliland after the end of President Bihi’s mandate
The opposition of Somaliland announces that it no longer recognizes the legitimacy of President Muse Bihi Abdi: the presidential election should have taken place on Sunday November 13, but the…
“Hadraawi’s poetry speaks to all Somalis across their divisions”
Poet emblematic of the Somali language and culture, Hadraawi nicknamed the “Somali Shakespeare” died Thursday, at the age of 79, in the Republic of Somaliland where he lived. Hugely popular…
Athletics star Mo Farah reveals he arrived in Britain under a false identity
Mo Farah, king of the athletics tracks knighted by the Queen of England for his Olympic exploits, reveals in a documentary that he arrived in Great Britain illegally under a…
Somaliland in shock after fire in country’s largest market
In Somaliland, a region in northern Somalia which declared itself independent in 1991, the gigantic fire in the capital’s central market plunged the country into mourning overnight from Friday to…