# Qatari-funded complex inaugurated in Hargeisa, 2013 report says

> Somaliland Sun reported on 2013-05-08 that a Sheikh Thani Foundation-funded complex was inaugurated in Hargeisa. No follow-up record is supplied.

- By: Editorial Team, Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com/about)
- Published: 1 October 2026
- Format: News story (reported from one named public source)
- Publication: Somali Construction Review (https://somaliconstructionreview.com)
- Subject: Business and Costs
- Tags: procurement, cost-control, construction-risk
- Web version: https://somaliconstructionreview.com/blog/qatari-multi-purpose-complex-hargeisa-inaugurated

## Key points

- Somaliland Sun reported on 2013-05-08 that a multi-purpose complex funded by the Sheikh Thani bin Abdilahi Foundation for Humanitarian Services of Qatar was inaugurated in Hargeisa.
- The publication described the complex as worth $70,000 and said it was implemented by Manhal organization.
- The report does not establish what has happened to the complex since, and no follow-up reporting, occupancy or operational status is supplied.

On 8 May 2013, Somaliland Sun reported that a multi-purpose complex funded by the Sheikh Thani bin Abdilahi Foundation for Humanitarian Services of Qatar had been inaugurated in Hargeisa. The same report described the complex as worth $70,000 and said it was officially commissioned by a visiting delegation from the Sheikh Thani Foundation.

According to Somaliland Sun, the delegation was assisted by Somaliland's planning, religious endowment and family affairs ministers, together with the Hargeisa Mayor. The report does not name those ministers.

Most of what the report establishes is scope and location. Somaliland Sun said the complex is based at the Guryosamo estate in Mahmud Haybe district and is composed of a university, a skills training centre and a mosque among others. It said the project was implemented by Manhal organization.

The report does not identify Manhal organization's role beyond "implementation." Whether it acted as contractor, consultant, client or implementing partner is not stated. The source also does not specify the facilities beyond the university, training centre and mosque, nor give their scale, capacity or completion status. It does not state who owns, will operate or will fund the three facilities, or who will pay running costs. No start date of construction, duration of works, or handover or operational date is given.

On the $70,000 figure, the report does not say whether it represents project value, contract value, construction cost or total cost, and it does not spell out the currency beyond the "$" symbol.

Two statements in the report are forward-looking. Somaliland Sun reported that the skills training centre was intended to promote domestic livelihoods by training women in relevant skills, and that the Sheikh Thani Foundation said other projects would be added to those already on-going in various parts of the country. Both are the foundation's own claims about intent, not evidence that the training has taken place or that the other projects exist. The report gives no figures for the foundation's other on-going or planned projects in Somaliland.

The report also describes the delegation's arrival a day earlier and greetings extended at the Hargeisa presidency, chaperoned by the minister of aviation. Somaliland Sun reported that the ministers of planning, religious endowment and family affairs and the Hargeisa mayor thanked Qataris for continued support.

What the 2013 report does not establish is what happened next. It supplies no follow-up reporting, occupancy, enrolment or operational status for the complex, and no primary record of the project is available here. Whether the university, the skills training centre or the mosque were subsequently operated, expanded or abandoned is not addressed by the source. Until a later record shows otherwise, the 8 May 2013 report stands as an account of an inauguration, not of a complex in use.

## Questions

### What facilities are included in the Qatari-funded complex in Hargeisa?

Somaliland Sun reported on 2013-05-08 that the complex is composed of a university, a skills training centre and a mosque among others, based at the Guryosamo estate in Mahmud Haybe district. It did not give their scale, capacity or completion status.

### Who funded the complex and at what cost?

Somaliland Sun reported on 2013-05-08 that the complex was funded by the Sheikh Thani bin Abdilahi Foundation for Humanitarian Services of Qatar and described it as worth $70,000. The report does not state whether that figure is project value, contract value, construction cost or total cost, nor the currency beyond the "$" symbol.

### What is known about the complex since the 2013 inauguration?

Nothing in the 2013-05-08 Somaliland Sun report establishes what has happened to the complex since. It supplies no follow-up reporting, occupancy, enrolment or operational status, and no later primary record is available.

## Sources

- [Somaliland: Qatari Multi-purpose Complex Inaugurated](https://somalilandsun.com/somaliland-qatari-multi-purpose-complex-inaugurated/) — Somaliland Sun, 2013-05-08