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...

Government

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 President Unveils Military Reserve in First Parliament Address

Hargeisa, April 20, 2025 - President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" delivered his first address to a joint session of Parliament today, offering his most...

Security Reform vs. Security Risk: Weighing the Implications of Somaliland’s Military Biometric System

Key Points Somaliland's biometric registration of security personnel aims to eliminate payroll fraud but raises security concerns Kenya-based company Innovii, which has operations in Somalia, reportedly...

No Pay, No Explanation: Somaliland Civil Servants Left Unpaid and in Limbo Since January

HARGEISA, Somaliland—Civil servants across Somaliland's government institutions are facing an increasingly dire financial predicament as salary payments continue to be withheld without explanation. More...

President Abdirahman “Cirro” Appoints Military General to Police, Untested Commander to Lead Army

President Abdirahman "Cirro"'s appointment of Major General Abdurahman Abdullahi Hassan Allale "Abdi Dhere" as Police Commissioner and Lieutenant General Nimcaan Yusuf Osman Gahnug as...

Somaliland President Orders Security Forces Salary Increase and Biometric Registration

Fulfilling a key campaign pledge, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Cirro” has issued Presidential Decree No. 02/012025, mandating a 50% annual salary increase for Somaliland's...

Why does Somaliland need political reform, and what might it look like?

By Guleid Ahmed Jama Introduction  Somaliland is a thriving democracy that has demonstrated a successful bottom-up approach to governance rooted in the will and aspirations of...

Somaliland’s Indigenous Democracy Highlighted in Nobel Economics Lecture

In his 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics lecture titled "Paths towards the Periphery," delivered in Stockholm on December 8, Professor James A. Robinson presented...

New Cabinet Orientation Concludes: Questions of Accountability Linger

Republic of Somaliland's First Post-Election Transition Brings Focus on Governance Reform Key Points: Two-day cabinet orientation emphasizes unity but lacks concrete performance metrics Notable shift from NGO-heavy...

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