# Borama to Heego road under construction, report says

> Wardheer News, citing Radio Ergo, reported on 24 April 2024 that a road from Borama to Heego in Awdal is being built, with jobs and funding claims.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 30 September 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Infrastructure and Services
- Tags: roads, drainage
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/borama-heego-road-construction-somaliland

## Key points

- Wardheer News, citing Radio Ergo, reported on 24 April 2024 that a road from Borama to the remote village of Heego in Somaliland's Awdal region is being built.
- The report attributes funding to the Somaliland Development Fund and the project to the Ministry of Agricultural Development's Sustainable Land Management Project.
- It does not establish a contract award, contract value, budget, contractor, completion date or independent verification of the 25 km stretch, the 16 January 2024 launch or post-April 2024 progress.

On 24 April 2024, Wardheer News, citing Radio Ergo (ERGO), reported that a road is being built from Borama to the remote village of Heego in Somaliland's Awdal region. The account is a single reported news item, and it does not establish what has happened on the ground since that date.

According to the report, the road construction is funded by the Somaliland Development Fund and is part of the Ministry of Agricultural Development's Sustainable Land Management Project. The same report states that the work is being carried out on a 25 kilometre stretch. No contract award, contract value, project budget, total cost, contractor company or consultant is named in the report, and no named official from either the Somaliland Development Fund or the Ministry of Agricultural Development is quoted confirming funding or project status.

## Jobs, launch date and local accounts

Wardheer News, citing Radio Ergo, identified ADO coordinator Hassan Hussein Nur as the source for project job and work details. According to Nur, as reported, the project launched on 16 January 2024 and had offered job opportunities for 150 people, including former pastoralists and farmers. That claim is attributed to Nur, and the launch date is not independently confirmed in the report.

The report also carries accounts from individuals working on the road. Buuh Farah Du'ale and his two older sons each earn $10-15 a day working on the road, providing around $900 a month for his family of 15 people, according to the reported account. Abdi Muse Suldan has made $1,500 since starting work on the road in January, both as a construction worker and as a guard, the report says. Neither figure is presented as independently verified.

Nur is quoted on the physical work: "We have worked on two parts of the road, Kidile and Bololo. The road gets inaccessible because of water gushing down from the mountains. We have diverted the water away from the road using gabions, and we have levelled the ground and refilled the holes." The report states that the work also aims to stop the soil erosion that has plagued the village during rainy seasons and led to flooding.

The report states that Heego has frequently been cut off as a result of erosion and flooding, that truck drivers hesitated to brave the journey because the road was so rugged, and that transportation costs were high and passed on to local consumers on items brought into the village. It also states that basic amenities such as schools are lacking in Heego.

## What the report does not establish

It does not establish completion, operational status or current physical progress on the road. It does not give a completion date, a current status update, or independent verification of the 25 km length. It does not say 150 people are currently employed or paid. It does not establish that the project has stopped erosion or flooding or opened farming markets as an outcome. It names no contractor, consultant or engineer, and it gives no funding amount for the Somaliland Development Fund contribution.

The report is dated 24 April 2024 and does not document developments after that date. What has happened on the Borama to Heego road since 24 April 2024 is not established by this source.

## Questions

### Which village and region are affected by the reported road project?

Wardheer News, citing Radio Ergo (ERGO) on 24 April 2024, reported that the road runs from Borama to the remote village of Heego in Somaliland's Awdal region.

### What are the road's specifications and funding source?

The report describes a 25 kilometre stretch and states that the road construction is funded by the Somaliland Development Fund, as part of the Ministry of Agricultural Development's Sustainable Land Management Project. No contract value, budget or total cost is named.

### What economic impact is expected?

The report states the work aims to stop soil erosion that has plagued the village during rainy seasons and led to flooding, and that the project had offered job opportunities for 150 people, according to ADO coordinator Hassan Hussein Nur. It does not establish that erosion, flooding or market access outcomes have been achieved.

## Sources

- [Road project opens up remote Somaliland village to farming potential](https://wardheernews.com/road-project-opens-up-remote-somaliland-village-to-farming-potential/) — Wardheer News, 2024-04-24