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Politics | Society | Human rights
Somali pirates kidnap German tourists

afrol News, 24 June - Four German tourists, including a woman and a child, were kidnapped by pirates as they were sailing off the coast of Somalia's northern region of Puntland on Monday.

Politics
Somaliland elections slated for April 2009

afrol News, 18 June - All major political parties in the self-declared state of Somaliland have reached a consensus that country's the next presidential elections should not be hold later than 6 April next year. This extends the term of President Dahir Riyale Kahin.

Economy - Development
Somaliland state economy rapidly expanding

afrol News, 17 June - The recently approved 2008 budget of the self-declared republic of Somaliland has seen an increase of 27 percent from the 2007 budget. Domestic economic growth and increased engagement of donors have created a much improved revenue base for the Somalilander government.

Politics | Society | Human rights
Somaliland parliament bombed

afrol News, 10 April - Six suspects have been detained in connection with Wednesday's bomb explosion on the parliament building of the breakaway Somaliland in the capital Hargeisa.

Economy - Development | Politics | Society
More Somalis flock Djibouti

afrol News, 6 February - Djibouti has become a common migration route for Somali asylum seekers wanting to reach the Middle East, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported. Most of them travelled by patched boats from Djibouti to Yemen.

Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Somaliland introduces displaced support tax

afrol News, 29 October - The government of Somaliland has announced the introduction of a 2% tax increase so as to raise funds for the displaced Somaliland citizens in the countrys Sool region.

Society | Politics | Human rights
AI petitions Somaliland over opposition arrest

afrol News, 8 August - Amnesty International (AI) has petitioned the government of Somaliland over the arrest of three officials of an emergent opposition party. The human rights body called for the immediate and unconditional release of the opposition figures. They were arrested in the capital Hargeisa on 28 July.

Society | Politics | Gender - Women
Somaliland now centre for illegal female cutting

afrol News, 26 June - Hargeisa, the peaceful capital of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland, has become a new centre for the Somali Diaspora wanting to perform female genital mutilation (FGM) on their daughters. Most live in countries where FGM is strictly forbidden, including when this is done abroad.

Politics
Somaliland closer to recognition by Ethiopia

afrol News, 5 June - This weekend, the President of self-declared Somaliland was received with all honours by the Ethiopian Prime Minister. While the authorities downplayed the importance of the summit as "consultations", regional observers see it as yet another step towards a first-ever recognition of Somaliland's independence.

Media
Somaliland journalists freed after 86 days

afrol News, 29 March - Four journalists of Somaliland's independent 'Haatuf' newspaper today were freed at last, after spending 86 days in jail for offending the family of President Dahir Riyale Kahin. Massive pressure from local media and Somalilanders in the Diaspora secured their release.

Agriculture - Nutrition
Locusts threaten Eritrea, Sudan, Somaliland

afrol News, 23 March - Eritrea, Sudan and Somaliland are strongly advised to carefully monitor "a developing and potentially dangerous situation" arising from second-generation locust infestations that are now developing, according to the latest UN update on of the crop-devouring insects.

Media
Somaliland journalists spend third day in detention

afrol News / Awdal News Network, 4 January - A Somaliland court has today given seven days to the prosecution to present its case against two local journalists who were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly defaming the President and his family in an opinion article. The repeated arrests of Somaliland journalists are received with frustration among citizens, otherwise proud of their breakaway republic's democratic advances.

Politics | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition
Djibouti, Somaliland in bitter port feud

afrol News, 3 January - After Saudi Arabia last month surprisingly lifted its damaging 2001 ban on the import of live livestock from the Horn of Africa, a lucrative export trade has been revived. But this has sent Djibouti and non-recognised Somaliland into a new fight over becoming the region's leading export harbour, with Djibouti even expelling Somalilander diplomats.

Society | Politics
Suicide bombers "heading for Somaliland"

afrol News / Awdal News Network, 17 October - An internal document shows that Somalia's new Islamist rulers have decided to send suicide bombers to the neighbouring peaceful self-proclaimed state of Somaliland. Their aim is to topple the elected Hargeisa government. The Islamists have already staged violent demonstrations in Somaliland to destabilise the government.

Media | Society | Politics
Islamists burn Somaliland newspaper

afrol News / Awdal News Network, 16 October - A huge number of issues of Somaliland's independent daily 'Haatuf' newspaper were burned in the town of Buroa by extremists linked to the Islamist courts of Mogadishu in neighbouring Somalia. 'Haatuf' is highly critical on the Somali Islamist movement, terming them "terrorists", and was first to report on their Buroa-based Somaliland link.

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