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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UAE’s Strategic Pivot? Cirro’s Visit Signals New Regional Dynamic

In a carefully orchestrated diplomatic gesture that speaks volumes about shifting alliances in the Horn of Africa, the United Arab Emirates rolled out the...

Civilian Deaths in Turkish Drone Strike Could Pose Legal Challenges for Turkey and Qatar

A drone strike outside of Mogadishu has resulted in the tragic loss of over 22 lives and left 21 others wounded, many of whom...

Villa Somalia Sought to Prevent Somaliland Delegation’s Visit to the United States

According to diplomatic sources briefed on the matter, Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has sought Qatar's help in convincing the United States Department of...

Breaking: Qatar Offered to Mediate Somaliland – Somalia Talks and Direct Flight of Qatar Airways to Somaliland

According to sources privy to discussions between the President of the Republic of Somaliland HE Muse Bihi Abdi, and the Qatari delegation headed by...

Qatar’s Especial Envoy for Counter-Terrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution Arrives in Somaliland

According to statements released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Presidency, a high-level Qatari delegation led by Qatar's Special Envoy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Counterterrorism and Mediation in Conflict Resolution Dr. Mutlaq bin Majed Al-Qahtani has arrived in Somaliland.

Farmajo’s Dangerous Calculus: With Ethiopia and Eritrea’s Support, Stay in Power at all Costs

Mohamed Abdillahi Farmajo whose term has effectively ended on February 8th has predictably clung to power like many African despots. Like his mentors Messrs....

Pentagon Acting Chief Miller Saught Qatar’s Help to Negotiate with Al-Shabaab

In a little-noticed story published by the New York Times in the aftermath of the US Presidential elections, the currently US Acting Secretary of...

Qatar Delivers COVID-19 Aid to Somaliland

A Qatari Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III touched down in Egal International Airport to deliver 2.3 tons of COVID-19 aid to Somaliland. The...

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