Opinion/Analysis

By Mohamed Olad   In late December, the Somali regional government asked the House of Federation to revise the region’s representation in the federal parliament. In a letter addressed to the upper chamber, Somali president Mustafa Omer, on behalf of the State Council, requested an adjustment of the number of...

By: Hersi Ali Haji Hasan, The leader of  Waddani Party Somaliland was a colony of Great Britain up to her independence on June 26, 1960, while Somalia was an Italian colony up to her independence on July 1, 1960. An immediate union followed, the two...

Briefing The Current Human Right Situation in Somaliland 1.-*Introduction   The Republic of Somaliland (hereinafter called “SL”) is an independent country located east Africa, bordered Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and the Gulf of Aden at the red sea. SL declared it’s on May-18-1991, in a conference held...

The Republic of Somaliland is a sovereign, democratic State in the Horn of Africa, sharing its borders with Djibouti to the West, Ethiopia to the South, Somalia to the East and the Gulf of Aden to the North.  It has been running its own...

Somaliland and Somalia have been at odds since Somaliland’s announcement of regaining its independence from the other parts of Somalia in 1991.  The political dispute has cooled down and later heated up since president Farmajo took the office and currently, the inception of any...

By: Yassin Abdillahi Ahmed As usual, before I look at the budget in detail, I must say a word or two about the definition of budget. Budget is a financial plan that articulates the objectives and goals of a government for a certain period usually...

By:Sa’ad Mohamed Abdi Gedo Introduction:   Since 1991, for over two and half decades, The African Union as an institution and its member states has been reluctant to consider Somaliland’s legal right for diplomatic recognition, failing to acknowledge the same historical context within which Somaliland came...

By: Mousse Abdi Mohamoud, The Republic of Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 after years of war had culminated in the overthrow of the Somali dictator Siyad Barre. Since then Somaliland has proven the most stable entity in the region. Despite setbacks during two internal...

Ever since Somaliland ended three-decades-long marriage with the union government of Somalia and declared herself as an independent sovereign state in the mid-1991, there had been a sustainably growing recoveries mainly by the people from the total annihilations inflicted by the authoritarian regime of...

By: Liban Ahmad Reforming the electoral system and public services could be a key to breaking the deadlock over parliamentary elections in Somaliland, argues Liban Ahmad  Two years ago President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland won the presidential election. One year ago the Chairman of Waddani,...