Hiiraan Online (HOL) is a website dedicated to news and information about Somalia and the Horn of Africa.
It was founded in 1999 to deliver news to the growing Somali diaspora and is also based in Somalia.
Hiiraan Online was originally founded in Ottawa, Canada, on July 1, 1999.
[citation needed] The website publishes news articles, opinions, and political commentary.
It also hosts job advertisements for international bodies, government agencies and NGOs.