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,...

Taiwan’s Landmark $22 Million Investment Promises to Transform Hargeisa Group Hospital

In a landmark development that marks the most significant investment in Somaliland's healthcare infrastructure since the colonial era, Taiwan has committed $22 million to...

The Last Will and Testament of a Dictator: Djibouti’s Precarious Transition from Guelleh and Its Global Reverberations

As Ismaïl Omar Guelleh’s once-iron grip on Djibouti loosens, the Horn of Africa teeters on the brink of upheaval. Whispers of the president’s failing...

Somaliland Supreme Court Vacates Case Against MP Abib, Upholds Parliamentary Immunity

KEY POINTS: Somaliland Supreme Court vacated the case against MP Mohamed Abib Yusuf on constitutional grounds. The court ruled that MP Abib's arrest and detention violated...

Taiwan Commits $2 Million to Support Somaliland’s 2024 Presidential and Party Elections

The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has taken a significant step in supporting Somaliland's democratic journey by committing $2 million for the...

Somaliland Orders Closure of Egyptian Cultural Center Amid Strategic Diplomatic Maneuver

In a bold diplomatic move, the government of Somaliland has ordered the closure of the Egyptian Cultural Center in Hargeisa, its capital. Dr. Essa...

Balancing National Security and Rule of Law: The Controversial Arrest of MP Mohamed Abib Yusuf in Somaliland

KEY POINTS: Arrest of MP Mohamed Abib Yusuf: Detained on September 2, 2024, upon returning from Dubai, sparking a fierce debate over parliamentary immunity. Constitutional Clash:...

Ethiopia Reiterates its Quest for Red Sea Access as Djibouti Presents a Counterproposal

In a recent media address, Ethiopia's Foreign Minister Taye Atske-Selassie reaffirmed Ethiopia’s position on Red Sea access, stating, "There has to be safe, reliable,...

Dancing with Predators – Somalia’s Proxy War Tango in the Horn of Africa

In the intricate chess game of Horn of Africa geopolitics, Somalia has embraced a strategy so myopic that it threatens to reduce the entire...

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