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,...

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...

Liyuu Paramilitary Forces Massacre Civilians in Ethiopia’s Somali Region

Scores of civilians were laid to rest in a mass grave in Dacawaley village following a brutal attack by the Liyuu Police, a predominantly...

AFRICOM Commander General Langley Set to Visit Somaliland Amid Potential Recalibration of Washington’s Regional Policy

General Michael E. Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), is set to visit Somaliland in the coming days, according to sources familiar with...

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

Questions mount as André partners with Somali MP who concealed government role in foreign agent filing In a move that raises significant concerns about diplomatic...

Alarming US Visa Fraud Scheme Exposed in Somalia, Raising U.S. Security Concerns

A potentially devastating visa fraud scheme, allegedly orchestrated by high-ranking Somali government officials, has been uncovered, raising serious concerns about U.S. national security. The...

NISA Agents from Somalia Apprehended in Somaliland Over Targeted Assassination Plan

Somaliland's National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has intercepted an alleged assassination squad sent by Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). The squad was reportedly...

Ethiopia Responds to Somalia’s Accusations Amid Rising Regional Tensions

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a strongly worded statement in response to recent accusations from the Somali...

Somaliland’s Warning Vindicated as Truckloads of Weapons Are Looted in Somalia

In a chilling vindication of Somaliland's warnings, truckloads of weapons have been looted in central Somalia, mere months after the controversial lifting of the...

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