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Waheen Market has been referred to as the lifeblood, and "economic centre of Hargeisa" by the city's mayor Abdikarim Ahmed Mooge. [1] The market is also the largest in Somaliland, [2] and was one of the largest in the Horn of Africa, being an important trading hub with financial links to other parts of the world including the Middle East, China, Asia, and Europe. [3]
Hargeisa (/ h ɑːr ˈ ɡ eɪ s ə / har-GAY-sə; Somali: Hargeysa; Arabic: هرجيسا, romanized: Harjīsā) [4] [5] is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia.
The market fire began on the evening of 1 April at around 8:10 PM [1] and was largely extinguished by the dawn of 2 April. [6] The fire started possibly due to an electrical fault in an old warehouse in the market according to eyewitnesses, where the fire was quickly picked up by winds helping it to spread across the market. [7]
In a video shared on Twitter, one Ukrainian soldier claimed forces have liberated the village of Davydiv Brid, among many others. These areas had been taken by the Russian military over a period ...
Hargeisa is situated on the Tug Marodijeh, the banks of which are well wooded, and as it can boast of an excellent climate all the year round, and is about half-way on the main route from Bulhar to Jig-jigga on the Abyssinian frontier, it is always likely to be of some importance to caravans.
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's top commander said on Sunday Kyiv's outnumbered troops had fallen back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front where Russia has concentrated ...
Sudzha is located next to a Russian gas terminal, a key point for supplying gas from Russia, via Ukraine, to Europe. This has prompted speculation that one of Kyiv’s goals could be to curtail a ...
Hargeisa District (Somali: Degmada Hargeysa) is a Administrative District in the Maroodi Jeex region of Somaliland. Its capital lies at Hargeisa . Other settlements in the district include Daarbuduq .