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Somaliland elders extend President Kahin’s rule

September 25, 2009 by News Desk

HARGEISA (Reuters) – Clan elders in northern Somalia’s breakaway enclave of Somaliland voted on Friday to extend President Dahir Riyale Kahin’s term on condition that a voter list be finalised and a date set for a presidential election. It was … read more »

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Seeking alternatives to charcoal in Somaliland

May 27, 2009 by News Desk

HARGEISA, 27 May 2009 (IRIN) – Insufficient cheaper alternatives and a large former refugee population are fuelling tree-felling and dependence on charcoal in the self-declared republic of Somaliland, adversely affecting the environment, say analysts. Most urban households use charcoal for … read more »

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My people are Tribalistic…poem by Ayanle

May 17, 2009 by News Desk

My people are tribalistic     My people are tribalistic My people are very tribalistic So I’ll try my best to be 100% optimistic The fact of the matter is, I have to be realistic So I will give you … read more »

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Breakaway Somali region stable as brother nation unravels

May 14, 2009 by News Desk

By Shashank Bengali McClatchy Newspapers  HARGEISA, Somalia — It might surprise you to learn that Somalia — that post-apocalyptic shell of a nation where Islamist insurgents, clan warlords and now pirates hold sway over a helpless government — has some … read more »

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Somaliland Police Detain Famous Composer

May 5, 2009 by News Desk

Somalia — Somaliland police detained a famous Somali composer Jim Sheik Mumin and another composer after Jimmi has shot and killed a young boy in Hargeise, the de facto capital city of the breakaway republic of Somaliland. Safi Du’ale Ali, … read more »

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SOMALIA: High-risk sex workers fly under the HIV radar

April 6, 2009 by News Desk

HARGEISA, 31 March 2009 (PlusNews) – Hodan* spends most of her afternoons sitting outside her tiny house in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, blowing fruity smoke from a hookah pipe, her face covered in a green paste … read more »

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