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Analysis

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

Staff - April 29, 2026

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...

Editorial

THE LEGAL AND COLONIAL FOUNDATIONS DISTINGUISHING SOMALILAND FROM SOMALIA

Staff - April 23, 2026

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...

Analysis

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

Staff - April 18, 2026

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...

Geopolitics

Iran Pressures. Turkey Sustains. Somaliland Exposes.

Staff - April 9, 2026

by Shay Gal The war with Iran did not begin in the Gulf. It exposed the system. Hormuz is not the story. It is the...

Opinion

Decline and Political Transformation of the Somaliland House of Elders (Guurti).

Staff - April 5, 2026

The Somaliland House of Elders (Guurti) decline stems from its transition from a grassroots peace building body to a stagnant legislative relic. Originally hailed for...

Opinion

Why the Indo-Pacific Must Embrace, Not Just Follow, Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland

Staff - March 26, 2026

By Hiroko Kasai On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel made a decision that many in the West and East Asia had whispered about...

Opinion

When Sunni Muslims Pray for Israel

Staff - March 19, 2026

By Michael Freund In an era when social media often amplifies hatred and outrage, something remarkable happened recently on X (formerly Twitter). It began with a...

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