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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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:...

In the Light of Upcoming Elections, Looking Back the Transition to Direct Elections in Somaliland

Somaliland transitioned from indirect to direct elections in 2002. Since then, it has successfully conducted two House of Representatives (HoR) elections in 2005 and...

Sand in the Gears of Democracy – Is President Bihi Engineering a Term Extension?

The Political Associations and Parties Law No 14, recently passed by the previous Parliament and the House of Elders of Somaliland is a Mexican...

Somaliland Puts on a Master Class in Democracy with the Election of the Opposition to Parliament Leadership

After nearly two months since the Parliamentary and Local Council elections on May 31st and an intense jostling of the ruling party of Kulmiye...

Somaliland Parliament Votes Against Women and Minority Quota in Election Bill

In a raucous session, the Somaliland Parliament has passed the much-anticipated election law without the critical components that were intended to give women and...

International Partners praise Somaliland political parties’ agreement to hold the parliamentary and local election in 2020

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALILAND’S POLITICAL PARTIES AGREEMENT The International Partners (listed below) supporting Somaliland’s democratization process welcome the Somaliland Political Parties agreement, signed on...

Somaliland: Political Leadership Is Needed To Resolve The Elections Crisis

It is imperative that Somaliland parliamentary elections must be held this year. There is no excuse for delaying or continuously increasing the mandate of the current moribund...

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