When the Foreign Minister of Somaliland, Yasin Faratoon, mentioned the first official meeting between Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his Somaliland counterpart Muse Bihi Abdi in February, there was speculation about its purpose. Organised originally through the mediation...
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by Hamda Yusuf @HamdaInSpace , Ifrah F. Ahmed @Ifrahmed & Zahra Mohamud @Zafrique On Feb. 6, 2015, U.S. banks stopped money transfers to...
The communist Chinese government concealed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak; they were slow to share with the rest of the world the spread of the virus and its transmission. The World Health Organization colluded with China by covering up...
Turkey could be asked to help. Today’s successor state of the Ottomans has promised to restore old buildings on the Sudanese island of Suakin, farther north up the Red Sea. The snag in Berbera is that the United Arab...
Turkish President Erdogan’s May 2013 plan to raze Gezi Park in Central Istanbul and replace it with a replica 19th century Ottoman barrack prompted anti-government protests in Istanbul and other cities across Turkey, which led to violent confrontations where...
Like many young people from Somaliland, Hamse Ismail traveled from his home town Hargeisa to take the IELTS English test at the British Council in Nairobi, a requirement for his Chevening Scholarship. The Chevening Scholarship is a UK government-funded...
Salaam All, To Somalilanders worldwide; The recent announcements made by Congressman Donald Payne regarding the issues involving Somaliland have concerned me so much so that I had to write. I have been further troubled by the current situation in our...
Somaliland is going through considerable political turmoil. The government and opposition disagree over the sequencing of two forthcoming high-stakes elections, and both sides are digging in. International partners should push the two sides to reach consensus, while standing by...
It is now thirty years since Somaliland declared its separation from Somalia but the population still wonders why it is taking so long for this former British protectorate to be recognized. We know that foreign recognition is a challenge but...