Hargeisa (04-Apr-12) - Australian oil explorer Jacka Resources has entered into an agreement with Petrosoma Limited to take a 50 percent equity stake in an oil block in a breakaway enclave of Somalia, Jacka said on Monday.

Bristol, UK (09-Mar-12) The chairman of Somaliland's ruling party has visited Bristol to meet his supporters and the city's Somaliland community as a whole

London (Wednesday 22 Feb 12) Foreign Secretary William Hague met President Silanyo of Somaliland on 22 February, the eve of the London Conference on Somalia. The Foreign Secretary and President Silanyo reaffirmed the close ties between the UK and Somaliland.

HARGEISA (Feb 22, 2012): Somaliland's parliament has passed legislation recognising piracy as a crime and allowing for pirates convicted abroad to be transferred to the country's prisons, officials said on Wednesday.

(London - 08 Feb 12) The UKIP MEP, Godfrey Bloom has called for Britain to recognise the state of Somaliland.

(Deri Dhawa, Ethiopia 04 Feb 2012) - Ethiopia for the first time begins exporting organic banana shipping 40 tons to Saudi Arabia.