Qaran News came into being as an independent digital news platform dedicated to serving the Somaliland community with balanced, politically unaffiliated coverage of domestic and international affairs in both English and Somali. The outlet was built around a mission of promoting democratic discourse, civic education, and gender diversity in media and politics in Somaliland, a self-declared republic in the Horn of Africa. Specific founding date and individual founder details are not publicly disclosed. Today, Qaran News operates as an independent media group headquartered in Somaliland, Somalia, with a distributed team of editors, reporters, and columnists. Today, Qaran News is mainly focused on Somaliland and Horn of Africa politics, international affairs, business, education, technology, and civic reporting, publishing in both English and Somali from their base in Somaliland, Somalia. One interesting fact: Despite Somaliland being an internationally unrecognized self-declared republic with a population of around four million people, Qaran News has built a global readership with a documented presence across Europe, North America, the Arabian Gulf, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Australasia, making it one of the most internationally reaching media outlets from the region.