Editorial

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

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Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...
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Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

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At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...
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Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

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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,...
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Editorial

Identity on the Move: What Does It Mean to Be Somalilander?

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A moment of validation is also a moment of interrogation. As Somaliland steps onto the world stage, Somalilanders are asked to define Somaliland’s identity...
Editorial

A Critique of Sheikh Mustafe’s False Equivalency: From Defending Siad Barre (Afweyne) to Opposing Somaliland Recognition

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An Open Response by Hassan Dahir (Weedhsame) At the outset, two points: First, Sheikh Mustafe Haji Ismail is entitled to his views on Israel's recognition...
Editorial

Breaking the Cycle of Foreign Assistance Enabling Corruption

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U.S. Department of StateAmbassador Michael C. GonzalesSenior Foreign Service Officer & U.S. Ambassador to ZambiaJanuary 21, 2026 Moral Hazard - A situation where one party assumes...
Opinion

State Recognition Is Not a Group Order: The Somaliland Case

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I recently watched someone on TikTok argue that Israel's recognition can only be explained through realism. That observation misses an important point: Somaliland's case...
Geopolitics

The State the World Pretends Not to See

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By Shay Gal From afar, it is easy to lecture Somaliland about patience and realism. Distance makes such advice costless. What is harder is to...
Opinion

From Extermination to Erasure: Somalia’s Digital Rebranding of the Isaaq Genocide

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Dr Fundji Benedict-VL25/01/10(lvs-foundation.org) Genocide denial in the Horn of Africa is no longer confined to the familiar repertoire of silence, euphemism, and diplomatic evasion. It...
Editorial

Somaliland Is a Recognized Country. It is Time to Act Like One.

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Israel's recognition of Somaliland changes everything. Now comes the hard part: expelling hostile diplomats, regulating banks, and ending corruption.
Editorial

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

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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...
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