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BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...

Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...

Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

Minister Wu took questions from pool of international media reporters in Taipei on October 12th, 2022. The session was moderated by Catherine Y.M Hsu,...

Waddani’s Broken Compass: Chairman Hersi Ali Haji Hassan and the Collapse of Governance

Political Governance in Ruins When Waddani came to power, Somaliland’s citizens hoped for a new era of honest leadership. People were tired of corruption, broken...

Can the Valiant President of Somaliland Also Deliver the Two-Day Weekend?

The two-day weekend has become the global standard, yet Somaliland stands nearly alone in maintaining a single weekly day of rest. Only Djibouti, Iran,...

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...

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...

Iran Pressures. Turkey Sustains. Somaliland Exposes.

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...

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

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...

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

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...

When Sunni Muslims Pray for Israel

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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