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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,...

President Abdirahman “Cirro” Appoints Military General to Police, Untested Commander to Lead Army

President Abdirahman "Cirro"'s appointment of Major General Abdurahman Abdullahi Hassan Allale "Abdi Dhere" as Police Commissioner and Lieutenant General Nimcaan Yusuf Osman Gahnug as...

Somaliland President Orders Security Forces Salary Increase and Biometric Registration

Fulfilling a key campaign pledge, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Cirro” has issued Presidential Decree No. 02/012025, mandating a 50% annual salary increase for Somaliland's...

Trump’s Aid Freeze: Will Somalia Sink or Swim Without U.S. Support?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first remarks in office laid bare the new administration's litmus test for foreign aid: "Does it make America safer?...

Somaliland President Thanks U.S. Legislators, Welcomes Prospect of Diplomatic Ties with the United States

President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi "Cirro" welcomed growing U.S. congressional support for establishing a diplomatic office in Somaliland, describing it as a milestone in relations...

Ethiopia’s Perception of Somaliland’s New Government and the Implications for Statehood

Guleid Ahmed Jama In a recent interview with The Reporter Ethiopia, Dr. Dareskedar Taye, a researcher at Ethiopia’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), shared insights...

Why does Somaliland need political reform, and what might it look like?

By Guleid Ahmed Jama Introduction  Somaliland is a thriving democracy that has demonstrated a successful bottom-up approach to governance rooted in the will and aspirations of...

The Diplomacy of Gullibility: How Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry Keeps Falling for International Fraudsters

In what has become a familiar scene in Somaliland's corridors of power, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently played host to yet another dubious...

EXCLUSIVE: Banking Mogul with Strong Ties to Somalia’s President Named Somaliland’s Special Envoy

Appointment Raises Questions About Direction. In a significant political move that has sparked intense discussion across Somaliland's political landscape, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi "Irro" has...

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