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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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What the State Department’s Somaliland Assessment Actually Says — and Why It Matters

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There are few voices worth listening to on the State Department's newly published assessment of Somaliland, and the most useful way to read the...
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Sink or Swim for Somalia: The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy and the End of the Mogadishu Underwriting

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A policy analysis The White House released the 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in May, Washington's first comprehensive counterterrorism doctrine since 2018 and the Trump administration's...
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Is Somaliland a Democracy? The Guurti’s Answer Is Yet Another Election Delay.

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NEWS ANALYSIS The Republic of Somaliland's House of Elders voted Tuesday in a nationally televised session to extend the mandates of the House of Representatives...
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Israel Names Veteran Diplomat as Ambassador to Somaliland; Somalia Threatens to Close the Bab el-Mandeb

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Formally, the appointment of Michael Lotem as Israel's first ambassador to the Republic of Somaliland is an administrative act, the credentialing of a diplomat...
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Jets Without Endurance: Why Turkey’s F-16s in Mogadishu Won’t Ground Somaliland’s Moment

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Israel's decision to recognize Somaliland on December 26, 2025 did not merely alter a diplomatic equation; it exposed a long-standing misreading of Somaliland itself....
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Ethiopia Must Now Compete: President Cirro Departs for Addis After UAE Marathon as Congress Authorizes Hargeisa Office

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HARGEISA – President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" of the Republic of Somaliland has departed for Addis Ababa on an official visit to Ethiopia, marking...
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From Antagonism to Accord: The Nairobi Agreement and the New Reality Between Republic of Somaliland and Puntland Federal Member State

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Key Points Historic Agreement: On October 4-5, 2025, in Nairobi, the Republic of Somaliland and the Puntland Federal Member State of Somalia signed a landmark...
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Oligarchs and State Capture: Anatomy of the Somaliland Telecom Scandal

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HARGEISA – A clumsy attempt at state-sponsored disinformation has forced President Abdirahman M. Abdillahi "Cirro" into a humiliating public retreat, compelling Somaliland's telecommunication oligarchy...
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A Press Conference Before a Plane Ticket: What President Abdirahman Cirro Owes Somaliland

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Shifting Geopolitics and Somaliland’s Move from Recognition Plea to Strategic Bargain: Opportunities for President Cirro’s U.S. Visit.

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HARGEISA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland,...