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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,...

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...

Solving Berbera’s Electricity Crisis: A Roadmap for Sustainable Energy

Berbera, a coastal city located along the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, is one of the hottest cities in Somaliland in terms...

Clarifications on ‘Somali-Weyn’

In my recent article about Somali-Weyn and Islam-Weyn, I examined how these two ideologies, rooted in ethnonationalism and belief orientation, have been politicized in...

Somalilanders: Its Time to Speak Up and Course-Correct the Somaliland Government

By Dr Adali Warsame For the past three decades Somaliland’s political leadership has been dominated by a small opportunistic and parasitic cabal of elderly men -...

Critical Reflections on Abdulqadir Jirde’s Interview with Abdijaliil: A Window into Somalia-Weyn Revisionism

The recent interview between Somaliland politician Abdulqaadir Jirde and Abdijaliil—a known advocate for the Somalia-Weyn narrative—was more than just a political exchange. It offered...

Somaliland Recognition Moving Beyond Symbolism Toward Strategic Diplomacy

For more than three decades, Somaliland has stood out in the Horn of Africa as a rare example of stability, democratic governance, and peace....

The Cost of Incompetence: How Unqualified Appointments Fuel Corruption and Erode Public Trust in Governance

Introduction Governance and Public Service in Somaliland Since its self-declared independence from Somalia in 1991, Somaliland has pursued a relatively peaceful and stable trajectory compared to...

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