By: Yusuf M Hasan

HARGEISA (Somalilandsun) – Nationwide festivities marking 22 years of independence were distinct from past ones in the essence of the might displayed by the country's armed forces.

Dr Omar delivering the keynote speech at the ARISomalilandsun - This speech was presented by the Somaliland foreign affairs Minister Dr Mohamed A Omar at Africa Research Institute on 1st May 2013 to mark the launch of "After Borama: consensus, representation and parliament in Somaliland".

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to address this meeting about Somaliland . The Borama Conference in 1993 was of critical importance for the future of our country.

Somalilandsun - On the Occasion of Somaliland's 22nd Anniversary of Independence, We, the undersigned, the pro-democratic movement in Somaliland, comprising state and non-state actors, including Somaliland human rights Commission, professional groups, university students, human rights and civil society

By: Jonathan FisherLondon Confence in session

Somalilandsun - And so it ends. After months of preparation, fretting over guest lists, measuring flags and re-drafting seating arrangements, the Somalia Conference is over.

The final communiqué has been issued, the speeches uploaded to YouTube and the attendees prepped for the next leg of the reconstruction roadshow.

Although the formation of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government is an encouraging first step towards nationwide peace, it should not be assumed that Somalilanders will want to quickly unify.

Dr M A Omar: Mogadishu government has achieved littleMeanwhile, in Somalia

By: The Economist

Somalilandsun - At the end of the colonial era, Somalia was arguably the most ethnically homogeneous country in sub-Saharan Africa. The nearest to it was probably Botswana, which is four-fifths Tswana — and which turned out to be peaceful and prosperous, suggesting to some that countries populated and run by a single big tribe have a better chance of stability than those with a hodgepodge of smaller ones.

Hooyo Edna Aden IsmailSomalilandsun pays tribute to mothers on this their auspicious day with a profile of Dr Edna Aden Ismail a truly mother figure for us all-Editor

Somalilandsun -Edna Adan Ismail was born on September 8, 1937 in Hargeisa the daughter of a prominent Somali medical doctor and was trained as a nurse in the United Kingdom at the Borough Polytechnic, now London South Bank University where she is said to be 'the first Somali girl' to study in Britain.

Somalilandsun - Yan Digilov, Chief Strategist for Firestarter, talks about his discovery of a place called Somaliland which hasYan Digilov discovers Somaliland never been recognized by any government and was thoroughly neglected by the major NGO's. See below for full video. Here are excerpts -Edna Aden

"As a hypothetical exercise, picture in your head a country in Africa limping into the end of the 20th Century facing widespread disease, poverty and war. Now let's take this country and split it in half."

By Abukar Arman

Somalilandsun - A few days before the “Somalia Conference 2013” held in London on May 7, a foreign journalist friend of mine sent me an e-mail asking what my thoughts were regarding the upcoming conference hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron. I replied:"My heart's belief in miracles outweighed my mind's interest in the pursuit of objective analysis."

Consensus representation in SomalilandBy Edward Paice

Somalilandsun - As news and analysis emerges from the second UK-Somalia conference in London, the absence of the government of Somaliland is noticable. Somalia and Somaliland are bound by many longstanding ties, but over the past two decades their political trajectories have diverged.