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,...

US East Africa’s Policy: Dismissing Somaliland’s Democracy, Sudan’s Failure, & Eritrea’s Threat

China and Russia have recently increased their engagement with Eritrea, a small but strategically located country in East Africa. Meanwhile, American influence in the...

Premature Bomb Detonation kills two Terrorists Near Las Anod – Somaliland Ministry of Defense

According to a press release from Somaliland’s Ministry of Defense, Somaliland armed forces have successfully thwarted a terrorist attack planned by a group of...

U.S. Designates Five Al-Shabaab Leaders in Somalia as Specially Designated Global Terrorists

In a statement issued today, the United States Department of State announced today that it has designated five al-Shabaab leaders as Specially Designated Global...

Somaliland Army Ordered to Barracks to De-escalate Las Anod Crisis

Somaliland Armed Forces command announced the arrest of two of it’s members responsible for the death of a civilian yesterday that led to further...

President Bihi Addresses the Las Anod Crisis and Warns Somalia that Somaliland will Defend itself if Attacked

The President of the Republic of Somaliland addressed the nation today about the ongoing crisis in Las Anod and stated that terrorist groups assassinated...

Security Cooperation Between Somaliland and United States gets Underway

The United States Africa Command spent several days in Berbera working with various branches of Somaliland's armed forces, including the Somaliland Coast Guard. According...

Breaking — UK Government Suspends Support for Somaliland Police Pending an Investigation of June 9th Protests

According to diplomatic and government sources, the UK government has suspended its support for Somaliland Police and has asked the Somaliland government to investigate...

Commander of United States Africa Command Visits Somaliland

A delegation led by The Commander of United States Africa Command, General Stephen J. Townsend visited the Republic of Somaliland and met with the...

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