South Sudan’s viability requires an honest answer to avert further disaster
By Stefan Wolff
In 2011 South Sudan became the 193rd United Nations member state. This was met by a great deal of local celebration and...
Somaliland:Lailat al Mi’raj Commemorations Held in All Major towns in the Country
By Goth Mohamed Goth
Somalilanders today gathered in their thousands to commemorate the Al Isra' wal Miraj, Lailat al Mi’raj, or Laylat al Miraj in...
Struggling for survival in drought-hit Somaliland
A baboon clings to the leg of an internally displaced boy at a camp on the outskirts of the town of Qol Ujeed, on...
Somaliland wants to secede – here’s why caution is necessary
Since 1991, and the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in Somalia, the region has declared itself independent. But should it? The examples of...
Somalia suffers from Machiavellian Politics
By Mohamud Uluso - July 13, 2015
In the week of celebration, June 26 -July 2, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia delivered three speeches...
Somaliland:Saudi Arabia’s Act of Strategic Defiance
Jan 7, 2016
By Alon Ben-Meir
The Saudi decision to execute Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr at this particular juncture was a strategic act of defiance...
What South Sudan will gain from joining the East African Community?
By Astrid R.N. Haas
South Sudan’s accession to the East African Community could prove a major step forward in the economic development of the...
Somaliland:IOM Responds to Fatal Shipwreck
By APO on January 12, 2016
Some 36 migrants died when a ship carrying at least 106 Ethiopian and Somali migrants sank off the coast...
Standoff over captives between Yemen and Somaliland not yet solved
Zeila, Jul 4, 2009 -- Nine Yemeni nationals along with their two boats have been seized in the Zeila area of Somaliland. The six Yemeni...
Somalia gravediggers grieve improved security
Mogadishu, Somalia - Ali Hassan spends his day sitting in a former mosque, now a ramshackle shelter for drug users, idly staring at his...
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