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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,...

Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland: Why now and what next?

By Mohamed Abdilahi Duale A line has been crossed, and there is no going back. On 26 December, Israel became the first country to recognize...

RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND IS FAIT ACCOMPLI.

From Three Decades of Non-Recognition to a Historic Breakthrough. After 34 years of state-building and institutional and human capital development, Somaliland has remained without international...

Africa Must Join Israel in Recognizing the Republic of Somaliland

By H.E. Dr Mohamed A. OmarAmbassador of the Republic of Somaliland in KenyaEmail - rep@somalilandinkenya.com Some political questions refuse to go away, not because they...

Antimicrobial Resistance in Somaliland: A Silent Threat Already Among Us

By Dr Fatumo Abdi PhD Antimicrobial resistance rarely announces itself as a crisis. There are no sirens, no sudden outbreaks, no single moment that signals...

Security Forces vs. Citizens: The Critical Governance Failure in Borama

The tragic events in Borama, Awdal region of Somaliland, involving clashes between demonstrators and security forces, underscore a critical test for the government's commitment...

Somaliland will not ‘unlive’ its history to satisfy Mogadishu’s discomfort

A Response to Mogadishu’s former Foreign Minister Abdisaid M. Ali By Mohamed A. OmarHead of the Somaliland Mission in Kenya There’s a quiet fatigue that comes...

The Hidden Health Crisis in Our Schools: What Three Children Taught Me About the Future of the Horn of Africa

Dr Fatumo AbdiGlobal Public Health SpecialistFounder, Nexora Global Strategies I have seen many difficult things in my work, but nothing prepared me for a quiet,...

Reclaiming Somaliland’s Airspace Through ICAO’s Safety Lens

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) isn’t in the business of picking sides in political fights. It doesn’t hand out recognition like a passport...

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