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...

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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-Ethiopia MoU 2.0?: After Ankara, Why a Pact is Now Inevitable

The recent collapse of Turkish-led mediation between Ethiopia and Somalia has inadvertently proven the strategic indispensability of the Ethiopia-Somaliland MoU. Ankara's attempt to resolve...

Diplomatic Delusion: Ex-U.S. Official’s Call for Al-Shabaab Talks Undermines U.S. Strategy, Emboldens Terrorists

While U.S. drones rain fire on Al-Shabaab hideouts, a former U.S. official is lobbying for a peace table instead of a battlefield—offering a diplomatic...

Qatar’s Hypocrisy on Somaliland

By Michael Rubin On June 30, 2025, Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro arrived in Qatar to meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani,...

The Doha Directive: Inside Qatar’s Mission to Scuttle the Somaliland-US Alliance

An $8 Billion Air Base, a Terror Portfolio, and Qatar's High-Stakes Pressure Campaign to Keep the US Out of Berbera What appeared to be a...

DRC Rwanda Peace Agreement 2025: Historic Deal Ends 30-Year Conflict in Great Lakes Region

ANALYSIS | Washington Brokers DRC–Rwanda Peace After 30 Years of WarBased on the U.S. Department of State Weekly Digest Bulletin – June 29, 2025 WASHINGTON,...

Qatar’s Somaliland Gambit: Strategic Masterstroke or Trojan Horse?

The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro's" departure for Qatar aboard a private jet, following an official invitation from...

THE TIME TO RECOGNISE SOMALILAND IS NOW

23/06/2025 for immediate release   The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Somaliland will launch a report to mark the 65th anniversary of Somaliland’s independence and call for...

A Strategic Pivot: Why Recognizing Somaliland Counters China’s Silent Conquest of Africa

By Ambassador Mahmoud Adam Jama Galaal China’s growing dominance in Africa is rarely overt. Instead of military bases or flag waving infrastructure inaugurations, it proceeds...

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