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China-Taiwan Competition over Somaliland and Implications for Small Countries

China and Taiwan flag print screen on pawn chess with black background. Now both countries have economic and patriotic conflict.
Over the past two months, the very public rivalry between China and Taiwan has moved into the Horn of Africa over-representation in unrecognized Somaliland. On July 1, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had signed a deal with Somaliland to establish reciprocal representative...

Danish NGO, FairFishing To Set Up Production Plant In Somaliland

Danish NGO, FairFishing To Set Up Production Plant In Somaliland
A former Danish minister and a Non Governmental Organisation operating in the Horn of Africa are planning to set up a fish production plant in Somaliland. Christian Friis Bach who served as the minister for development cooperation in Denmark says Somaliland has a great potential...

Theorizing International recognition of Somaliland: Why it matters?

98 people who live in all the regions of Somaliland
By:Dr Mohamed Osman Guudle Recognition is not automatic in the theory of the constitution. It is instead based on other states’ discretion (Guudle, 2019; Janis, 1996; Lauterpacht, 1955). In addition, the new state exists, at least legally, only when recognized by those other states. Certain...

Somaliland representative office in Taiwan set to open in September

Somaliland's representative to Taiwan, Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud. CNA photo Aug. 26, 2020
By: Taiwan Focus Taipei, Aug. 26 (CNA) Somaliland is set to officially open its representative office in Taiwan in early September with a staff of five, the representative of the self-declared East African state to Taiwan, Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud, said Wednesday. Mohamoud told a CNA...

Op-Ed: Somaliland’s Luck With COVID-19 Might Run Out Tomorrow If Proper Restriction Policies are Not in Place

Somaliland announces 11 additional COVID-19 cases, 1 Death
By Deqa Aden On July 1st, I landed at Egal International Airport, in the capital of Hargeisa, Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that declared independence in 1991. Like my flight, the airport was not packed, though all of us passengers were wearing masks and...

Op-Ed: Somaliland Elections: Challenges, Opportunities And Way Forward

citizens of Somaliland head to the polls to elect their local municipal council representatives.photo by dailysignal
By:Khalid Sahid Somaliland elections will take place in 2020 after a consensus has been reached between the three political parties of Kulmiye, Waddani and UCID. The newly created electoral commission is now working on a timetable towards the preparation of the long-awaited city government and...

SOLJA and Xaqdoon Law Firm have submitted a case to Supreme Court against the repressive Penal Code

Press Statement SOLJA and Xaqdoon Law Firm have submitted a case to Supreme Court against the repressive Penal Code: On 23rd August 2020: the Somaliland Journalists Association and Xaqdoon Law Firm- legal consulting firm have submitted a case towards the Somaliland Supreme court against the repressive...

Somaliland Political parties agree to hold timely elections

Somaliland Political parties agree to hold timely elections
By: MoDuale Somaliland electoral Commission and the three political parties( Kulmiye, Waddani, Ucid) have agreed elections to be held within nine months. The electoral commission and three political parties have agreed that the 2020 local city councils and House of Representatives elections will be held using...

Somaliland President receives Ethiopia New Consul general

Somaliland President receives Ethiopia New Consul general
By: MoDuale Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi on Saturday received Ethiopia New Consul general, Amb Saed Abdilahi Jibril, at Presidential Palace in Hargeisa. President bihi and Consular Sa'eed discussed a wide range of issues pertaining to the co-operation and Historical ties between Somaliland and Ethiopia in...

Taiwan slams China, Somalia for criticism of Somaliland office

MOFA spokesperson Joanne Ou (歐江安) showing a map of East Africa, highlighting Somaliland.
By: Taiwan focus Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday responded to criticism from China and Somalia on the exchange of offices between Taiwan and Somaliland, slamming their promotion of the "one China principle" and "one Somalia principle." On Monday, Taiwan opened a representative office in Somaliland, a...