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BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

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Over the past six decades, Dr. Edna Adan Ismail has been a nurse and midwife. She has spent her life fighting for maternal health...
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Witness History: The Somali Pilot Ordered to Bomb his own People in Hargeisa

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At the end of May 1988, rebels from the Somali National Movement launched a series of lightening attacks on cities in northern Somalia -...
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Questions And Answers with Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu.

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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,...
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Analysis

Despite Kenyan Foreign Ministry Opposition, Somaliland President Inaugurates New Mission and Meets Kenyan President Ruto

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The Republic of Somaliland inaugurated a new diplomatic mission office in Nairobi on May 29, 2025, proceeding despite sustained opposition from the Federal Government...
Analysis

As President of Somaliland Lands in Djibouti, Can the Hostile Neighbor Change Its Spots?

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Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" arrived in Djibouti today, opening a chapter that many in the Republic of Somaliland hope signals a thaw...
Geopolitics

U.S. CITIZENS IN SOMALIA’S GOVERNMENT — LEGAL AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS

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KEY FINDINGS Multiple American citizens are serving in Somalia's federal government, including its foreign affairs leadership. These individuals retain active U.S. business interests or property holdings...
Geopolitics

Somaliland MPs Push Bill Criminalizing Ties with Somalia — But UNSOM, Foreign Diplomats Left Untouched

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HARGEISA, May 11, 2025 — Somaliland's House of Representatives is advancing legislation that would criminalize virtually all forms of participation in Somalia-related dialogue, marking...
Geopolitics

US Congressional Vise Tightens: Somalia’s Taiwan Ban Could Cost It U.S. Support

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Hargeisa, Somaliland — U.S. Senator Jim Risch has delivered a sharp rebuke of Somalia's ban on Taiwanese passport holders, calling it a clear contradiction...
Geopolitics

Stern Ultimatum from U.S. Congress: Reverse Taiwan Travel Ban or Face Sanctions, Lawmakers Warn Somalia

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Somali Embassy in Washington DC
Geopolitics

Somalia Bans Taiwanese Travelers as Beijing’s Influence in Horn of Africa Deepens

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KEY POINTS Somalia bans entry of Taiwanese passport holders, citing UN Resolution 2758 amid pressure from China Ban widely seen as attempt to derail scheduled high-level...
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Somalia Under New Management: How Kampala Became Mogadishu’s New Capital

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In a dramatic shift of regional power dynamics that has gone largely unnoticed by Western media, Somalia has effectively ceded significant control over its...
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