Investigative Reports

Inside Somalia’s Visa-for-Sale Cartel — Meet Somalia’s Human Smuggler MP

How Ayub Ismail Yusuf and a network of parliamentarians...

From Controversy to Cornerstone: DP World’s Lesson for Egal Airport

Many got DP World's Berbera deal wrong, but Berbera...

Another Fake Degree Scandal Rocks Somaliland Presidency: Director General Caught With Diploma Mill “Masters”

Repeat of 2022 Central Bank Fraud Scandal Exposes Somaliland...

Analysis

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,...

Is Khatumo State of Somalia in Somaliland a Viable Option?

While Somalia's fight against Al-Shabaab has received a lot of international attention, a serious conflict has broken out in the Horn of Africa between...

Solely Entrusting Quest for Recognition to Government Party Failed the Somaliland Case

Somaliland, which was previously known as British Somaliland Protectorate, gained its independence from Britain on June 26, 1960, and immediately joined with Italian Somaliland...

Newest Anti-Somaliland Front: Las Anod War

There are times when people lose touch with reality and thus analyse, assess and interpret matters not as they are in real truth, but...

Somaliland 2021 Budget – Brief Analysis

On December 8th, The Ministry of Finance Development has submitted the 2021 Budget to the parliament for approval, and officials including the Minister Dr....

The impasse with the United Nations: How Far is Somaliland Willing to go to Assert its Sovereignty?

On October 25th, the Ministry of Planning and National Development issued a directive halting all discussions and consultation of the UN Country Program with...

Saylici Dethroned: How the Reconfiguration of Kulmiye May End the Vice President’s Political Career

In a highly orchestrated event attended by the majority of Somaliland ministers and the ruling party elites, the longest-serving Somaliland Vice President His Excellency...

Protect and Serve or Iron Fist? What Should We Expect from Somaliland’s New Police Commander?

Is the concern of full militarization of Somaliland Police with the appointment of a military General legitimate cause for concern? On November 5th, the President...

Coronation Fit for a King – Heavy Weight Delegations Converge on Jubaland for President Islam’s Inauguration

The Federal Government of Somalia has gone to an extraordinary length to ensure the President of Jubaland State of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe)...

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