In a revealing episode of geopolitical turbulence, a small aircraft en route to Hargeisa was recently grounded—not due to mechanical failure or adverse weather, but by a political directive from ...

The land is dying. For as far as the eye can see there is little more than dirt – a barren, ruined landscape dotted with hardy shrubs and trees that are worthless to all but a few animals. Where lush ...

Somaliland’s harshest drought is decimating the herder way of life and displacing thousands. ... and they notice that the landscape is changing, growing more hostile.

Somaliland broke away from Somalia to keep from getting sucked down as Somalia disintegrated in to a failed state in the 1990's. It lacked any central government from 1991 to 2006.

Somaliland, which declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, is in the Horn of Africa, strategically on the coast of the Gulf of Aden. Unlike Somalia, which has faced decades of instability ...

At least 24 people were killed and 53 others were injured in the second day of fighting in Somaliland. Groups are seeking the reunification of Somaliland and Somalia.

Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland will postpone its scheduled presidential election to next year, rather than holding it in November when the incumbent president's term ends, the region's ...

The administration of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland said late on Friday it had agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, following five days of clashes in the east of the territory that ...

The land is dying. For as far as the eye can see there is little more than dirt – a barren, ruined landscape dotted with hardy shrubs and trees that are worthless to all but a few animals. Where ...