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Why Educated Voices Are Ditching ‘Somali’ for ‘Somalian’ – And It’s Not Pedantry

In the charged discourse surrounding the Horn of Africa, a seemingly minor terminological choice carries profound implications. Referring to citizens of the Republic of...

Recognition Abroad, Reckoning at Home: President Irro Takes Somaliland to Jerusalem and into the Abraham Accords — Now Comes the Hard Part

President Abdirahman "Irro" departed for the UAE on June 9th — confirmed by Chronicle reporting from the scene. No official itinerary. No statement from...

As Mogadishu Descends Into Conflict, Washington’s Representative to Somalia Visits Somaliland

On Wednesday in Mogadishu, forces acting under orders from Hassan Sheikh Mohamud — whose constitutional mandate expired on May 15, 2026 — fired on...

What the State Department’s Somaliland Assessment Actually Says — and Why It Matters

There are few voices worth listening to on the State Department's newly published assessment of Somaliland, and the most useful way to read the...

Sink or Swim for Somalia: The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy and the End of the Mogadishu Underwriting

A policy analysis The White House released the 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in May, Washington's first comprehensive counterterrorism doctrine since 2018 and the Trump administration's...

Is Somaliland a Democracy? The Guurti’s Answer Is Yet Another Election Delay.

NEWS ANALYSIS The Republic of Somaliland's House of Elders voted Tuesday in a nationally televised session to extend the mandates of the House of Representatives...

THE LEGAL AND COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS DISTINGUISHING SOMALILAND FROM SOMALIA

A Comprehensive Academic Analysis with Strengthened Legal Argumentation and Annexes Author: Edna Adan IsmailFormer Foreign Minister of Somaliland (2003–2006)Location: Hargeisa, Republic of SomalilandDate: 22 April...

Israel Names Veteran Diplomat as Ambassador to Somaliland; Somalia Threatens to Close the Bab el-Mandeb

Formally, the appointment of Michael Lotem as Israel's first ambassador to the Republic of Somaliland is an administrative act, the credentialing of a diplomat...

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