Somalia Goes Rogue While State Department Ignores Neighbor’s Success
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By:Michael Rubin
The United States has poured billions of dollars into Somalia in recent years, not only for aid and development but also to support police and security forces.
U.S. Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, meanwhile, threatened to resign unless the U.S. Congress forgave $1 billion in Somali debt to the United States. How ironic,...
The Sultanate of Al Mahra and Socotra – A light in the gloom
Rarely a week goes by without more depressing news concerning the Middle East. This week has witnessed two especially dramatic events, the first the killing by Houthi rebels of the Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as he sought to flee Sana'a, and secondly...
A Window Of Diplomatic Opportunity For Somaliland, And Embarrassment Diplomatic Episode For Mogadishu Government
Written by: Awale.I. Shirwac
Somaliland must continue to seize every opportunity to ensure that other countries become aware the success story of this peaceful and democratic country and should capitalize the backdrop of this successful diplomatic ties with Guinea Conakry. Diplomatic ties, I am referring...
Somaliland: National Development Priorities Buried in Semantic Ambiguities
The government’s new communication strategy deserves praise even if it brings to the fore inequities embedded in the centralism Hargeysa champions, writes Liban Ahmad
Innovations the incumbent Somaliland government introduced when President Muuse Bihi assumed power last year put government efforts in good light. The...
Op-Ed: UK Supports Climate Action in Somaliland
By: Morgan Riley, Acting Head, British Office Hargeisa
On the 1st and 2nd November, 120 world leaders gathered in Glasgow for the most important international climate negotiations yet. COP26 is the biggest diplomatic event the UK has hosted since the Second World War and the...
Berbera Port: prospects and potentials on the regional economy
By:Yassin Abdillahi Ahmed
Berbera port is among the few corridors in the Horn of African region, which serves for both military and commercial purposes.
The Berbera Port was built in 1964 by the Soviet Union and further expanded by the United States of America (USA) in...
Somaliland:What are the leadership qualities of a good President?
Now that the political campaign season is well under way, what kind of political leadership does Somaliland need?
In order to determine what kind of political leadership the nation requires, lets first establish how leadership is defined. The term ‘leadership’ was first coined in the...
OP-ED:A stunning visit of Farmajo to Eritrea!
Today his Excellence Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalia president is going to Eritrea for three day official visit as declared Eritrea ministry of information in his twitter account.
If we look back the history, Eritrea tended to host the dissidents who are against the Somali...
The Carnage of Heritage in Djibouti
The Heritage Institute convened in Djibouti between 14 - 18 December 2018 a conference themed debating the impact of the Ethiopian reforms on the Somalis. However, the question of the status of Somaliland came to occupy a central place in the conference. In this...
Growing sea pollution in Somaliland: A critical problem in the lives of the People and Biodiversity
Introduction
Growing evidences of marine/sea pollution have constantly been noticed in Berbera coast and the entire country’s coastline at large. Reliable sources to mention but not limited to the local press have incessantly shared some videos, pictures and other related evidences that show clear pollution...
