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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,...

AMERICA CAN NO LONGER SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH IDLY BY WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE HORN OF AFRICA!

By Hussein Adan Igeh (Deyr) The highly-explosive civil war in Ethiopia with associated overarching geopolitical implications appeared to have created an entirely new regional security...

Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Somaliland

By: Ubah Ali Somaliland, a de facto sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, has maintained a long-lasting peace through its democratic elections. Somaliland demonstrated...

Why is opening political parties crucial for Somaliland?

Somaliland’s constitutional court made the verdict that political parties should be open six months before the expiration date of their current political parties. Traditionally,...

THE REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND: THE SHINING LIGHT OVER THE HORIZON OF HORN OF AFRICA

The geographical location of the Republic of Somaliland is one of the world's most strategically important areas. Yet the powerful influence of China, Turkey,...

Somaliland Democracy Prevailed

The Republic of Somaliland entered the New Year, 2022 a period of constitutional ambiguity, stemming from an announcement made by the minister of information...

Open Letter to UK MPs regarding House of Commons debate: U.K. Government’s Recognition of the Republic of Somaliland.

Dear Members of UK Parliament, Cc: The UK Government; the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson; Minister for Africa Vicky Ford; Secretary of State for Foreign,...

Looming Constitutional Crisis in Somaliland

By: Mahmoud Adam Jama “Galaal” Just under one year prior to presidential elections and in the wake of growing public discontent and a huge slump...

Hargeysa & Washington: Win-Win or No Deal

In recent years, Somaliland recognition has become a hot topic within the circles of US congress, top diplomats, think tanks, and international relations experts....

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