This paper aims to start a discussion on future relationship that Somaliland and Somalia could possibly have.
The paper intends to start a dialogue for reaching a final settlement on the two contentious principles: self-determination and unity held by the...
HARGEISA, 2 November 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Last year, on October 29, 2008 Alshabaab terror group carried out a devastating terrorist attack against Somaliland. Over twenty-two Somaliland citizens—not Ethiopians or foreigners—perished in the blast. The majority of Somalilanders have never...
In a recent interview, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, expressed with some nostalgia the memory of the brotherhood that once linked the Italian fascist colonizers of the Mussolini era to the African people....
Last week, the Somaliland Parliament approved a plan for the United Arab Emirates to establish a military base in Berbera on the Gulf of Aden, a site where the former Soviet Union and United States both used during the...
Before I go into the main intent of the article, which will be implied rather than stated, please allow me to present some brief redundant information which could be an amusing narrative of our ancestral times which we can...
Thirty years after declaring independence, Somaliland is still at the margins of the international system despite its considerable successes.
30 years ago, on 18 May 1991, the Republic of Somaliland declared independence from Somalia. This bold move lacked preparation and...
HARGEISA, 3 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - 2010, without doubt, is one of the most crucial year for Somaliland and its people. It is a year of hope and dreams and a year to take the deserved opportunity to reflect...
by Amina Hussein
Background
There have been fierce and heated debates about the factors that led to Somaliland to invade Sool in December 2022, its imperative to distinguish between the deep, longstanding, and immediate causes that has let to this invasion and...
Whether it is anarchic Somalia or other corrupted African nations, before the World Food Program (WFP) feeds drought-devastated locals: catering to the needs of the government officials as well as the local gangs first tantamount to resolving the most...
It’s afternoon in Somaliland’s second largest city, Burao. While everywhere muezzine call to prayer, Abdiraxiim Yama Yasin sits in front of his shop. Indicators, V-belts and oil bottles are stacked on the shelves. The 38-year-old trades in spare parts...