Explainer – How Ethiopia’s quarrel with Somalia could destabilise Horn of Africa
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Ethiopia’s deal to lease a port in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland has infuriated the government in Mogadishu and prompted concern it will further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on 1st January, landlocked Ethiopia would lease 20 kilometres around Somaliland’s port of Berbera for 50 […]
Cheetah cubs threatened by pet trade, global warming in Somaliland
Nairobi, KenyaReuters The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur to drip-feed them liquid and nutrients. Just around five months old, the baby cheetahs are dehydrated, stunted and so lacking in the calcium they would […]
LOCUSTS STEALING LIVES: SOMALILAND FARMERS, HERDERS FEAR LOOMING PLAGUE
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
THE LONG READ: SOMALILAND’S QUEST TO DEFUSE A CLIMATE ‘TIMEBOMB’
BELINDA GOLDSMITH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the crisis facing north-west Somalia…
Somaliland closes only Catholic church due to public pressure only days after reopening
World Watch Monitor The only Catholic church in Somaliland, East Africa, officially re-opened after three decades on 29th July, has been closed again within a week, due to public pressure. “The issue has created a lot of division…which is not in our national interest…The government has decided to respect the wishes of the people and […]