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Opinion

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

Staff - August 9, 2025

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

Opinion

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

Staff - August 9, 2025

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,...

Geopolitics

New AFRICOM Chief Inherits Failing Somalia Strategy Amid China Challenge

Staff - August 6, 2025

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...

Opinion

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

Staff - August 4, 2025

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...

Opinion

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

Staff - July 25, 2025

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...

Geopolitics

Somaliland Asserts Red Sea Influence with Landmark Taiwan Security Pact

Staff - July 24, 2025

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...

Analysis

Somaliland-Ethiopia MoU 2.0?: After Ankara, Why a Pact is Now Inevitable

Staff - July 11, 2025

The recent collapse of Turkish-led mediation between Ethiopia and Somalia has inadvertently proven the strategic indispensability of the Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU. Ankara's attempt to resolve...

Opinion