Former Somaliland Resistance Fighter: Arm Us, to Beat Islamists
Washington is worried about Somalia. After 18 years of civil war, a insurgent group loosely aligned with Al Qaeda has threatened to conquer the country. In a March audio recording, Osama Bin Laden...
View ArticleRemembrance Day for those who lost their lives for the sake of SL Independence.
Ottawa, 19 October 2009 (Somalilandpress) Remembrance Day for those who lost their lives for the sake of SL Independence Somaliland is remembering the brave men and women who lost their lives in the...
View ArticleWhat’s going on?
HARGEISA, 19 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Somaliland’s democracy is almost 20 years old yet if you were to ask an average citizen within the country or in the Diaspora for the definition of...
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In pictures: Somaliland army
In 1884 the British established an agreement with local elderly leaders, this agreement became known as the British Somaliland protectorate. By 1899, they created a small military which suffered a...
View ArticleWas It Only Bashir Goth Who Supported Somali Unity In Early 90s?
HARGEISA, 29 March 2010 (Somalilandpress) – Of course not! Be it the Somali National Movement (SNM) which bitterly fought against the former Somali dictator Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre’s brutal regime in...
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Light At The End Of The Tunnel
Light At the End of the Tunnel: Some Reflections on the Struggle of the Somali National Movement I. Prologue What follows is not a narrative account of the activities of the Somali National Movement...
View ArticleSOMALILAND: The missing corpse of SNM commander found – mayor
HARGEISA (Somalilandpress) — The missing corpse of Hassan Saleban Mohamed, the first SNM commander was recovered in the village of Bali Abane, 60 km south of the capital, Hargeisa, after 27 years on...
View ArticleThe injustices Northern Somalis felt
This writing is a follow up to the previous opinion article published under the title”The Night SNM Fighters Came to Hargeisa”. This writing is based on personal observation, eye witness accounts,...
View ArticleOp-Ed:Debunking Common Fallacies about Who Abandoned Somali Unity
Dear Mohamed Heebaan, I read your opinion entitled, “The Somaliland Agenda and its Inherent Vulnerability”, posted on wardheernews site. The thing is: there are a couple of fallacies in your argument,...
View ArticleFormer Somali Prime Minister to face U.S. court
WASHINGTON — A US judge in the state of Virginia paved the way on Friday for ex-Somali defence minister and prime minister to face a lawsuit filed under 1991′s Torture Victim Protection Act. General...
View ArticleSomaliland: Martyrs Day Commemorated Countrywide
HARGEISA(SomalilandPress)–Somalilanders from all walks of life participated in ceremonies commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Somaliland National Movement –SNM, the movement which helped to...
View ArticleWhy Somaliland Matters: Missing the mark – Somaliland Mission
After reading Mr. Abukar Arman’s article on “Sustainable Peace: Why Somaliland Matters”, I can’t help but notice a number of rather large inaccuracy and a surprising lack of knowledge on some basic...
View ArticleCan the international community empower Somaliland to help Somalia?
MOHAMOUD ARRALE On the onset of the article, I would like to highlight briefly, to my best recall, the melt down of the Somalia dignity and an unprecedented events that unfolded after the late Siyaad...
View ArticleVIDEO: Isaaq community meets with Farah Aideed in Mogadishu
Members of the Isaaq clan met and greeted the leader of the United Somali Congress (USC), General Mohamed Farah Aideed (Aidid), in the Somali capital in 1992. This is a historical gathering between the...
View ArticleSomaliland:Brief History of the Somali National Movement (SNM)
Part 1 This initiative includes the restoration of diplomatic relations with Libya in exchange for Tripoli’s promise to stop supporting SNM. Despite efforts to isolate the rebels, the SNM continued...
View ArticleIntervention in Silanyo’s government is warranted for the sake of Somaliland
An Arabian proverb categorizes people in to four kinds of people: 1: “He who knows not and knows not he knows not. That one is fool shunt him 2: He who knows not and knows he knows not. He is simple-...
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