Investigative Reports

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...

The Diplomacy of Gullibility: How Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry Keeps Falling for International Fraudsters

In what has become a familiar scene in Somaliland's...

Ex-US Ambassador to Somalia Lobbies for Hormuud’s Access to American Banking System

Questions mount as André partners with Somali MP who...

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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,...

‘No Prior Notice’: U.S. Contradicts Somalia’s ISIS Strike Claims

Senior U.S. government officials have contradicted Somalia's claims about coordination with Washington following a U.S. airstrike targeting ISIS operatives in northern Somalia, raising questions...

“The Era of Photo-Ops is Over”—Except When It Isn’t

Inside President Cirro's Enigmatic UAE Visit In his first major foreign visit since taking office, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" embarked on a high-stakes trip...

UAE’s Strategic Pivot? Cirro’s Visit Signals New Regional Dynamic

In a carefully orchestrated diplomatic gesture that speaks volumes about shifting alliances in the Horn of Africa, the United Arab Emirates rolled out the...

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...

Trump’s Aid Freeze: Will Somalia Sink or Swim Without U.S. Support?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first remarks in office laid bare the new administration's litmus test for foreign aid: "Does it make America safer?...

Somaliland President Thanks U.S. Legislators, Welcomes Prospect of Diplomatic Ties with the United States

President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" welcomed growing U.S. congressional support for establishing a diplomatic office in Somaliland, describing it as a milestone in relations...

Ethiopia’s Perception of Somaliland’s New Government and the Implications for Statehood

Guleid Ahmed Jama In a recent interview with The Reporter Ethiopia, Dr. Dareskedar Taye, a researcher at Ethiopia’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), shared insights...

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