Despite an international reputation for conflict, piracy and danger, Somalia says it saw a 50% increase in tourists in 2024. As it launches an eVisa, is it really becoming a vacation destination?

A dispute has emerged between the authorities in Mogadishu and Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, ...

HARGEISA, Somaliland, Nov. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new milestone has emerged in Taiwanese investment in the Horn of ...

Somaliland says it is introducing travel restrictions from people entering its territory through Somalia, citing insecurity as the reason for the move. The enclave which has its own currency and othet ...

Somaliland's Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airports has announced new restrictions preventing airlines from routing ...

Travellers are required to present both their passport and a copy of the e-TA at all ports of entry in Somalia ...

A major data breach in Somalia's electronic visa system may have exposed personal information belonging to tens of thousands ...

Somaliland has now held seven parliamentary or presidential elections. Fewer than 100 votes out of nearly 500,000 cast determined the 2003 presidential election, with Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud “Silanyo” ...

Drs. Ahmed and Ali are trying to keep millions of children alive. — -- In Somaliland, medical workers are in a desperate race against time to save millions of children from death. The children ...

Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency has confirmed that hackers breached its electronic visa platform, exposing ...

Freedom Square reminds people of the struggle to break away from Somalia When you land at the clean, tidy airport in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, you feel you could have arrived in any small ...