'Welcome To The Office of The Representative of The Government of Somaliland in Malaysia'
UK Prime Minister David Cameron,Congratulated Somaliland Election| Labour MP Alun Michael
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Last Updated (Monday, 22 November 2010 02:42)
Somaliland's hopes for international recognition
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When you land at the clean, tidy airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, you feel you could have arrived in any small African state.
Freedom Square reminds people of the struggle to break away from Somalia
The police are courteous and wear freshly-pressed uniforms, the Somaliland flag flutters gently in the hot morning breeze, and you move briskly through the airport security. The taxi you take into town is paid for in Somaliland’s currency, the shilling. But do not get carried away – despite the outward trappings of statehood, this is a country that does not officially exist. Somaliland unilaterally declared its independence from the rest of Somalia in May 1991, after the fall of the country’s military strongman, Mohamed Siad Barre.
He fled the country exactly 20 years ago on Wednesday, after two decades in power.
Monument
I made my way to Freedom Square in central Hargeisa to see the monument, which reminds those here of the bitter battle they fought to break away from the rest of Somalia. Around 50,000 people died. The actual fighter jet used by Barre’s forces to bomb the city is on a dais, underneath the figure of a woman holding the green, white and red of the Somaliland flag, looking skywards in hope.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 01 February 2011 01:19)
US Government Officially invites Somaliland President
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Hargeisa (JMG)- Foreing Minister Dr. Mohamed Abdilahi Omer announced that President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo was offially invited by the United State government. Before his departure to Addis Ababa for a 4 day follow up visit this week.
Dr. Omer Said: “The President has accepted the invitation from the US government and that the visit will be fixed at jointly agreed date.”
The minister added that he is not aware of any one else (Politician from Somalia) who is invited.
US under Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Donald Yamamato Confirmed the invitation of President Silanyo, but did not give any specific reason.
The Ambassador said that bilateral relations, US aid to Somaliland, the new US government policy towards Somaliland and increased direct aid.
Source: The Republican http://somalilandpress.com/us-government-officially-invites-somaliland-president-19609
Somaliland President to visit China with the largest-ever Government Delegation
Wednesday, 19 January 2011 12:21 | Written by Abu Hanifiah Md Saleh |
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HARGEISA Mr. Qi told local press at the time that they were delighted with their trip to Somaliland and expressed their desire to invest in number of places in the country. They praised the people of Somaliland for their warm hospitality and for their achievements without international help. The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) attempted to acquire an interest in Somaliland potential oil reserves. The Chinese state oil giant, CNOOC, has already won permission to search for oil in part of Somalia, – coming to an agreement in 2007 with Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the then head of the “Transitional Federal Government”, which demonstrates China’s willingness to brave Africa’s most volatile regions in its hunt for natural resources.” CNOOC’s deal with Somalia’s transitional federal government gave it exploration rights in the north Mudug region, some 500km north-east of Mogadishu. China has now approached the government of Somaliland, where earlier surveys also show the possibility of significant oil reserves. It is a truth, overlooked at your peril, that China is steadily building its influence in Africa and the Indian Ocean. Last Updated (Wednesday, 19 January 2011 12:34) |
(Somalilandglobe.com) Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud Silanyo is expected to pay an official visit to China early next year, at the invitation of Chinese Government. It was earlier in the year when a 14-member delegation from the People’s Republic of China made on official visit to the Republic of Somaliland to study the economic and investment climate earlier in the year. The delegation which consists of some of China’s leading investors, government officials and members of China’s leading media-houses arrived in the capital Hargeisa.