Editorial

BBC Africa Daily Caught up with Dr. Edna of Somaliland

Editor II - July 7, 2023

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

Editor II - June 21, 2023

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.

Staff - October 18, 2022

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,...

Editorial

Identity on the Move: What Does It Mean to Be Somalilander?

Staff - February 9, 2026

A moment of validation is also a moment of interrogation. As Somaliland steps onto the world stage, Somalilanders are asked to define Somaliland’s identity...

Editorial

A Critique of Sheikh Mustafe’s False Equivalency: From Defending Siad Barre (Afweyne) to Opposing Somaliland Recognition

Staff - January 25, 2026

An Open Response by Hassan Dahir (Weedhsame) At the outset, two points: First, Sheikh Mustafe Haji Ismail is entitled to his views on Israel's recognition...

Editorial

Breaking the Cycle of Foreign Assistance Enabling Corruption

Staff - January 22, 2026

U.S. Department of StateAmbassador Michael C. GonzalesSenior Foreign Service Officer & U.S. Ambassador to ZambiaJanuary 21, 2026 Moral Hazard - A situation where one party assumes...

Opinion

State Recognition Is Not a Group Order: The Somaliland Case

Staff - January 21, 2026

I recently watched someone on TikTok argue that Israel's recognition can only be explained through realism. That observation misses an important point: Somaliland's case...

Geopolitics

The State the World Pretends Not to See

Staff - January 18, 2026

By Shay Gal From afar, it is easy to lecture Somaliland about patience and realism. Distance makes such advice costless. What is harder is to...

Opinion

From Extermination to Erasure: Somalia’s Digital Rebranding of the Isaaq Genocide

Staff - January 11, 2026

Dr Fundji Benedict-VL25/01/10(lvs-foundation.org) Genocide denial in the Horn of Africa is no longer confined to the familiar repertoire of silence, euphemism, and diplomatic evasion. It...

Editorial