by Abdisalam Garjeex May 15, 2022, became a day that would go down in infamy and as a supreme disgrace through our failure by electing Hassan Sheikh as Somalia’s second president. I was in Tunis, the capital city of Tunisia...
by Jacfar Jimcale The World Bank (WB) is launching the Somali Electricity recovery Project (SERP) which will cost 150M USD and its worth mentioning that the money is not coming from WB account. It comes from Multi-partner Fund (MPF) account...
By Balal Mohamed Cusman Since the PM of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed announced that his country is exploring all options to secure a port for Ethiopia, either through negotiation, “give and take,” or “force”,...
In 2024, the Horn of Africa region saw significant political turmoil. In the beginning of the New Year, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, reached a MoU. This agreement will grant Ethiopia, a...
Professors Ahmed Ismail Samatar and Ali Khalif Galaydh have been crisscrossing Somaliland holding lectures and forums from Las Anod to Borama. The lectures and the subsequent debates, question and answer sessions, have been dubbed by the two academics as...
By Mohamed Ibrahim Given the magnitude of responsibility and challenges before our Somalia leaders, one would thought our leaders would be busy fostering and cultivating progressive politics beyond petty politics that only serves backward politics. Unfortunately, this has not been...
An antidote for Somaliland to avoid the prevailing resource curse that is generally associated with developing countries, especially in Africa! Jointly co-authored by Mohd Faisal Hawar and Mohamoud Faisal Hawar, both Oil and Gas Management Graduates, specialized in Oil and...
By Mohamed Elmi On the expansive Sanaag region of Somalia, the secessionist “Somaliland” administration has financed a multi-pronged war to create  a false political reality on the ground. On February 26,  “Somaliland” deployed its militia from its base in Elafweyn district...
Power is intoxicating, but Donald Yamamoto’s increasing tendency to act like a colonial governor will backfire. Rushed and uncoordinated diplomacy and individual free-lancing often do. It is a truism among diplomats that it never hurts to talk. The reality is...
In my humble capacity as Somaliland’s Special Envoy, I wish to share with the world the joyful news that in a few hours, the people of the Republic of Somaliland will be celebrating the 60th Anniversary of our Independence...