The Latest Breaking News from Somaliland

Somalia: Puntland state port is getting a revamp - this is key to its future

The port city of Bosaso, located at the north-eastern corner of Somalia, provides a striking example of the interlinkage between security and infrastructure. The city benefited from the civil war that ravaged the southern parts of Somalia in the 1990s and 2000s. It developed into a booming trade centre. But…

The Conversation · Oct 12, 2022

Somaliland lawmakers vote to extend president's term by two years

Lawmakers in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland have extended President Muse Bihi Abdi's current term of office by two years ahead of its expiry in November, the senate chairman said on Saturday.

Reuters · Oct 1, 2022

Somaliland postpones presidential election to next year

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 electoral body said on Saturday.

Reuters · Sep 24, 2022

Where is Somaliland? Mo Farah's birth place, map and its history with Somalia

In BBC One's documentary The Real Mo Farah, the long distance runner explains how he was trafficked to the UK from Somaliland. Here's where the autonomous region is located and its troubled history with Somalia.

Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022

Relative of woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as 'child slave' denies he was trafficked

A relative of the woman accused of keeping Sir Mo Farah as a 'child slave' upon his illegal arrival into the UK has denied that the Team GB athlete was trafficked into the UK

Daily Mirror · Jul 13, 2022

The Real Mo Farah: When is the BBC documentary being aired?

Sir Mo Farah, 39, will share the truth about his past being trafficked to the UK from Somaliland at the age of nine. The documentary on BBC One follows him as he journeys into his past.

Manchester Evening News · Jul 12, 2022

As a child refugee from Somaliland, I know Sir Mo’s agony all too well

Sir Mo Farah and I have a lot in common. We were both born in Somaliland. And we both lost half of our family members during The Isaaq genocide. But unlike Mo, who has just revealed that his real name is Hussein, I was holding my mum’s hand when I…

Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using another child’s name

Four-time Olympic champion made revelation in documentary, adding: ‘The real story is I was born in Somaliland as Hussein Abdi Kahin’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was brought into the UK illegally aged nine under another child's name

The Olympic champion reveals all in a new TV documentary

Wales Online · Jul 11, 2022

'The truth is I'm not who you think I am' - Sir Mo Farah reveals he was brought into the UK illegally aged nine under another child's name

The Olympic champion reveals he confided in his PE teacher at school, who applied for his British citizenship for him

Manchester Evening News · Jul 11, 2022