Investigative Reports

Inside Somalia’s Visa-for-Sale Cartel — Meet Somalia’s Human Smuggler MP

How Ayub Ismail Yusuf and a network of parliamentarians...

From Controversy to Cornerstone: DP World’s Lesson for Egal Airport

Many got DP World's Berbera deal wrong, but Berbera...

Another Fake Degree Scandal Rocks Somaliland Presidency: Director General Caught With Diploma Mill “Masters”

Repeat of 2022 Central Bank Fraud Scandal Exposes Somaliland...

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A Dagger to the Heart of Sovereignty: Investment Minister Courts Notorious Turkish Firm

Investment Ministry hosts Turkish firm fresh from sexual harassment scandal and UN condemnation KEY POINTS Somaliland's government has held investment talks with Favori Airports, the same...

Oligarchs and State Capture: Anatomy of the Somaliland Telecom Scandal

HARGEISA – A clumsy attempt at state-sponsored disinformation has forced President Abdirahman M. Abdillahi "Cirro" into a humiliating public retreat, compelling Somaliland's telecommunication oligarchy...

Trump’s Geo-Transactional Effort to Resolve the GERD Dispute Between Ethiopia and Egypt Confronts the Energy–Water Dilemma

On June 20, former President Donald Trump claimed on his social media channel, Truth Social, that the massive Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was...

Safeguarding Public Interest in Somaliland’s Market: A Call for Balanced Regulation

How Somaliland Can Leverage Public Protests to Strengthen Fair Competition and Inclusive Growth Introduction Somaliland’s constitutional commitment to a free-market economy, as enshrined in Article 11,...

New AFRICOM Chief Inherits Failing Somalia Strategy Amid China Challenge

Key Points New AFRICOM Chief: Gen. Anderson was confirmed on July 31, 2025, and is tasked to confront the "convergence of great-power rivalry and terrorism". Strategic...

Somaliland’s Cities Are Growing But Where Are the Sidewalks?

After 32 years of self-declared independence, Somaliland has made remarkable progress in many areas peacebuilding, elections, and private-sector growth. Cities like Hargeisa, Burao, and...

Ilhan Omar’s Father and the Isaaq Genocide: The Truth Revealed

Between 1981 and 1991, the Somali military in which Colonel Nur Omar Mohamed, Ilhan Omar’s father, served as a senior officer executed a brutal...

Somaliland Asserts Red Sea Influence with Landmark Taiwan Security Pact

KEY POINTS The Pact: Somaliland and Taiwan have signed a landmark maritime security pact, deepening their strategic alliance in the Horn of Africa. Mutual Benefit: The...

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