Opinion/Analysis

 By: Anwar Abdifatah Bashir Somali region is the second-largest in terms of land, and the third most populous in Ethiopia. Throughout history, the region and its inhabitants are the most downtrodden across the country, and Ethiopia treats the region in a subterranean manner. Somalis in the...

By:Ayanle Shuaib As a result of human-induced climate change, various weather and climate extremes are now occurring in every region across the globe. Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, torrential rainfall, droughts, and tropical cyclones are becoming more often, with evidence pointing to human influence....

By Mohamed Muse The country with the largest population in the Horn of Africa cannot afford to unexpected internal war and possible institutional breakup. The Horn of Africa has been volatile with significant incidents that encouraged increased insecurity. Sustainable peace and security are yet to...

By:Ismail Ahmed Ismail Somaliland is a symbol of promising and successful democracy for the past 20 years. Which held on seven one-person, one-vote elections. So, this article focuses on 2021 combined elections ( House of Representative and local government ) which were awaited elections...

By:Abdifatah Nour Ali Cultural heritage is the essence of our identity: Having attended at an event in Hargeisa by Ministry of Trade, commerce and Tourism and Dr Sada Mire; I have learned much of our historic culture and past. This event lectured and commented by number...

By: Sadik A. Hirsi Ever being in human history, mankind has been making trial and error on how to organize and discharge common responsibility and goals collectively. It had been emanated from the household-level structure as it has been where an organization history emerges. Today,...

By:Abdirahman Warsame Nour 18th May 1991 was a game-changer for Somaliland. This was the date when Somaliland gained its independence from Somalia. The location of this grand conference was Burao, a town in the Togdheer region of Somaliland. Since then, the Somalilanders have exercised democracy...

By: Abdiwahab A. Garad   Over the past thirty years, Somaliland went through different stages of state-building, developed effective state institutions, provided basic services and infrastructure. Despite these developments, some people argue deterioration and malpractice of democratic governance due to various reasons mainly long-overdue parliamentary and...

   This dual-election is unlike anything we have seen before.   Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Somaliland in May 2021, alongside local district elections. On 12 July 2020, Somaliland's three main political parties reached an agreement to hold parliamentary and local elections by the end of the...

By:Mohamed Gahayr and Muse Jeeh The people of Somaliland have been electing their political representatives for almost two decades. From 2002 to 2017, Somaliland held a number of different elections, including Presidential, local council and parliamentary elections. The process had begun with formation of the...