Fake news from aid agencies causes real hardship
By: Ismail Ahmed
When aid agencies push false narratives to make a case for funding, it’s not just accuracy that’s the casualty. It’s the people that suffer, in very real terms.
Recently, Save the Children reported that 90% of families in Somaliland and Somalia were no...
Reflecting on my rewarding journey in oxford
By JAMA NOOR
I’ve always dreamt of studying at Oxford University, and that dream came true when I began my studies at Saïd Business School.
After being accepted onto the Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership, I was initially reluctant to start the course immediately due to...
Op-Ed: Somaliland Importance on the Hydro-Geographic Location and the New HAGA Region (Horn of Africa and Gulf of Aden)
By:Dr. Ridwan Osman Mohamed
Somaliland History
Somaliland is a de facto sovereign state that lies in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf of Aden with 5.7 million populations, 176,120 km2 areas, and 850.800 km2 coastlines. Somaliland was a distinct region dating back to the late 1888th before...
Somaliland: The registration of political associations is a constitutionally protected political right
By: Yousef Timacade
Somaliland's Constitution is the country's supreme law. It declares clearly that the country's political system is open to all citizens, and that everyone has the right to participate in accordance with the constitution's provisions.
Many people desire political associations to establish, but the...
Op-Ed: Quick Commentary on Prime Minister Abiy’s Visit to Somali Regional State
By: Abdiaziz Ali Hussein
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali visited today into Somali Region to see the people displaced by the severe drought that is unfolding in the Region that some of them are currently at Kabribayah, a 50 KM away from Jigjiga,...
Reflections on the discussion about Somaliland Recognition at House of Commons, UK
By:Dr. Jama Musse Jama, PhD | @JamaMusse
The UK parliament hosted a debate on the 18th of January 2022 about the political recognition of Somaliland as a sovereign state. The debate was organized and led by the Rt Honourable Gavin Williamson MP, a Member of...
Somaliland Democracy Prevailed
By Mohamed Adan Samatar
The Republic of Somaliland entered the New Year, 2022 a period of constitutional ambiguity, stemming from an announcement made by the minister of information Mr. Koore during ceremonial speech saying that the terms of the existing political parties and licenses are...
Somaliland’s quest for recognition: UK debate offers hint of a sea change
Matthew Gordon, SOAS, University of London
While the rest of the Horn of Africa region is making waves on the battlefield, the tiny, self-declared republic of Somaliland has been having its presence felt where representative democracy and open debate lurk.
In the halls of the UK...
Op-Ed: Politics in Peril: Is Somaliland’s democracy suffering at the hands of the opposition
By:Abdikarim Saed Salah
The Minister of Information, Culture & National Guidance, Mr. Sulaiman Ali Kore, has announced that it’s time for citizens to exercise their political rights to form political parties and associations based on the Law of Political Parties & Associations, LR.14.
The Minister has...
From Berbera to Berea College in the US : A Road Less Travelled
By:Mostaphe Abdikadir Mohamud
Born and bred in Somaliland, I recently moved to the United States to embark upon my college career at a highly selective liberal arts college, a move I never would have made had I not dreamed big and came up with the...
