Staff

Opinion

Shifting Geopolitics and Somaliland’s Move from Recognition Plea to Strategic Bargain: Opportunities for President Cirro’s U.S. Visit.

Staff - September 5, 2026

President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Cirro’s visit to the United States comes at an unusually consequential moment for Somaliland. The Horn of Africa and Red...

Editorial

Somaliland’s Delegation is Sending the Wrong Message to Washington

Staff - September 4, 2026

By Michael Rubin Before the beginning of the U.S. and Israel war with Iran in December 2025, former Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was in...

News

Somaliland Fights the World for Recognition. A Somali Passport Pipeline in Hargeisa Undercuts It

Staff - August 22, 2026

KEY POINTS Somali passports are being issued to Somaliland citizens through a Hargeisa pipeline linked to Somalia's federal system in Mogadishu. Applicants pay $300 to $400,...

News

Somaliland President Orders 15 Dialysis Machines Amid Hospital Scandal — No Officials Sanctioned

Staff - August 3, 2026

HARGEISA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman M Abdillahi "Irro" has ordered the urgent procurement of fifteen new dialysis machines and...

News

Somalia Inaugurates Military Facility in Las Anod, Drawing Formal Protest From Somaliland

Staff - August 2, 2026

Somalia's prime minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, inaugurated a Somali National Army facility in Las Anod on August 2, the clearest attempt yet by Mogadishu...

Analysis

“It’s Going to Be Very Hard to Stay Engaged”: Inside Gen. Anderson’s Warning to Mogadishu

Staff - August 1, 2026

AFRICOM's top commander came to Mogadishu to reassure Somalia. He left having delivered a warning instead. Gen. Dagvin R.M. Anderson arrived in Mogadishu insisting America...

Analysis

A Government of Fake Doctors, Real Patients — and a President Who Brought Cameras, Not Answers

Staff - July 31, 2026

KEY POINTS Dialysis patients protested Wednesday over broken machines and inflated supply costs; a suspiciously well-timed counter-showing of supportive patients followed within hours. The health minister...

Opinion

Somaliland’s Quiet Capture: Why Dahabshiil Demands an Independent Investigation

Staff - July 31, 2026

Imagine a single private company holding every lever of government in its hands — shaping decisions, subverting the rule of law to fleece Somaliland,...

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