Aynaba police arrest 385 illegal Ethiopian migrants as well as five human smugglers in a large-scale operation.[2]
January 21
Somaliland police arrests seven gunmen who hijacked a vehicle on the road between Hargeisa and Berbera.[3]
February
February 13
Voters registration of the forth-coming presidential election has begun in Awdal region, which will last 28 days, with 138 locations scheduled to take place.[4]
March
March 15
Somaliland and Djiboutian coast guards clash over illegal fishing, killing one and wounding two.[5]
March 19
The number of people who died of thirst in Awdal region due to the long drought in the country has reached eight people.[6]
April
April 19
A delegation from neighboring Somalia, including members of the civil society, business organizations and religious leaders arrived in Hargeisa, by delivering US$1 Million aid to drought victims of the country.[7]
Three people die and twenty-one others are injured after heavy rainfall with storms in Hargeisa; the storms also lifted the roofs of many buildings, while several others collapsed, including schools.[9]
Commercial businesses in the town of Gar-adag are looted and fields burned on the outskirts of the town; the damage was reported to have caused by one of two communities that had recently been in conflict.[12]
The President of Somaliland makes a major reshuffle within his administration by presidential decree, including ministers, deputy ministers, state ministers, governors, director generals, advisors and chairmen of national agencies.[15]
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