In brief
- The African Development Bank's November 2025 appraisal report lists detailed engineering designs and environmental assessments for the 280 km Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road in Somaliland within the Somalia Road Infrastructure Programme.
- The same programme targets 347 km of roads across five federal member states, split into four lots, all described as designed rather than built.
- The report does not state civil works status or contractor names for the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road.
Contents
The African Development Bank, in a project appraisal report dated November 2025, states that the Somalia Road Infrastructure Programme includes detailed engineering designs and environmental assessments for the 280 km Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road in Somaliland. The road sits inside a programme that stretches across five federal member states.
What the source records
The report sets the programme's target at 347 km of roads, 167 km paved and 180 km gravel, in Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubbaland, Puntland and Southwest States, grouped into four lots that carry lengths in kilometres. Alongside those lots, the African Development Bank records designs and environmental assessments for the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road, and capacity building through technical assistance, consultant recruitment, training, supervision, audits and community awareness work. The appraisal report of November 2025 is the source: African Development Bank.
What it means on site
A detailed design package is what a later bill of quantities, cross-section drawings and drainage layout rest on, so anyone pricing or building the corridor will work from that package rather than a line on a map. If the package reaches the market, bid documents for survey, earthworks, pavement layers and culverts can be checked against the designed chainage and lot boundaries. The report stops at the design and assessment stage for this road, so treat any claim about work already done on it as something to verify against a contract or a supervision record.
What the source does not establish
The report does not state the civil works status or contractor names for the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road, and road lengths and lots are given as designed. Approval and disbursement follow the report, so none of it is a completed work or an achieved result in November 2025. A signed contract, a works commencement certificate or a supervision mission report from the implementing agency or the Bank would show the present state; the appraisal alone cannot.
What to do next
Ask the roads authority in Hargeisa and the relevant Somaliland ministry which office holds the design and environmental assessment documents for the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama section, and request the current procurement or works record in writing.
Frequently asked questions
Does the AfDB report say the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road is under construction?
No. The November 2025 appraisal report records detailed engineering designs and environmental assessments for the 280 km road. It does not state civil works status or contractor names for that section.
Where does the 280 km figure come from?
It is the length the African Development Bank gives in its appraisal report for the Lowyaddo-Farddaha-Borama road. The report also notes that road lengths and lots are as designed, not measured from completed work.
Sources
Local reporting: this article is written for building work in Borama and Somaliland. Ground conditions, prices and rules differ between places; confirm the details for your own site.