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Foreign Accountability can’t be remedy for Lack of Domestic Accountability in Somalia

By Mohamud M Uluso After the unprecedented ouster of former parliament Speaker by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Prime Minister Hassan Kheire in last April, the Federal Parliament of Somalia (FPS=House of the People and Upper House), the lead-institution for domestic accountability, ceased to exercise its...

Somaliland-Ethiopian Relations: Muse Bihi’s Government Should Think Twice

Ethiopia, historically known as the land of Abyssinia, is a pivotal figure in Somaliland’s long-term survival. In fact, Somaliland’s existence as an independent state and viable economic and political agent within the international system depends largely upon the support of its powerful neighbor. The...

Reviving Somali Culture through Folk Dances

Most Somalis has long been pastoral nomads scattered through the wider region of Horn of Africa. Often moving with their livestock to get them more water and better pasture and in this unsettled lifestyle folklore dances were not only a source of entertainment but...

An Open letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister

An Open letter to the Ethiopian Prime Minister Dear Prime minister, Imagine Agaro or Jimma town bombarded and destroyed by planes belonging to the Ethiopian Army whose whole and sole responsibility was to protect, not to bomb its people. What if MIG17 were to take off...

Somaliland Women’s Political Participation Will Increase Citizens’ Confidence in Democracy

Women are part of our society and their political engagement is invaluable. Building women’s and men’s equal participation in governance procedures is very important for sustaining inclusive and effective governance in Somaliland. As a developing society, it is very essential to recognize that women...

After 27 Years: Somaliland needs deeper and speedier Foreign Policy Reforms!

Since Somaliland’s declaration of its autonomous political ambitions in 1991, many Somalilanders and beyond are still confusing or are in a position of different opinions according to; what Somaliland has been achieved since then and where it is heading?  In other words; is Somaliland...

Inflation, a painful threat to Somaliland People

Somaliland is a nation on the Horn of Africa that has been running its affairs independently and nears to be recognized soon by the world countries is now dealing with a painful inflation. Living amongst them, I came to realize that the people are...

Somaliland: Open letter to United Nation and the leaders of the free world

 Open letter to United Nation and the leaders of the free world, United Nation special Representative of Somalia, Mr. Keating…By: Ahmed-Yasin Jama Let me start with the fact that Somaliland territory is inviolable, never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored, inalienable, absolute, untouchable, unalterable, unchallengeable,...

BBC Somalia Service Openly Wages Propaganda War Against Somaliland Compromising Ethical Reporting

Established in 1957 by the British to speak to the Somali-speaking region in the Horn of Africa, the BBC Somali Service was one of the most trusted Somali radio in history. Being neutral was the custom of the radio, which attracted the hearts and...

Somaliland Foreign Policy and the Equation of Existence and Thought

In philosophy as well as in the science of logic there has been a fundamental question about which one comes first, Existence or Thought. This question has been one of the most critical theoretical issues about life that confronted humanity in general and scholars of...