Opinion/Analysis

Over the past two months, the very public rivalry between China and Taiwan has moved into the Horn of Africa over-representation in unrecognized Somaliland. On July 1, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had signed a deal with Somaliland to establish reciprocal representative...

Following the successful transfer of power between the two presidents in Somaliland on December 13th, 2017, it is going to be the first time that Somalilanders hear from their leaders that government officials have to register their assets as well as not be involved...

By Liban Ahmad In 2005 when Somaliland and Puntland governments exchanged prisoners in the then Adhicaddeeyefrontline, General Abdullahi Arays  said both administration were wrongheaded " to fight over a piece of barren land".  This  shows that Puntland never considered the conflict as one  based on a territory. It is Somaliland government that views a territory as the...

By:Fatheya Yallas The announcement of facebook To launch its own new global cryptocurrency (Libra) backed by several FIAT currencies to its users (2.7 Billion) via What-up messaging services will have an impact on how global banking operates. It will undercut current money exchange services such...

By Hussein Adan Igeh (Deyr) We live in an era where the digital revolution has an incredible impact on our daily life. The digital technology has ENABLED people around the world TO BECOME WRITERS, REPORTERS, CONTRIBUTORS AND ANALYSTS WITHOUT BORDERS. We live in a global...

By: Ahmed Ibrahim Haji Hassan Hargeisa Most Somalis over the age of 60 years can not specify the exact date--and sometimes in the exact place--they were born. In our traditionally nomadic life, these birth details used to be so minor and thus of a family’s least...

Since 2010, Somalia’s airspace has been an issue between the successive governments of Somalia and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which currently manages the airspace on behalf of Somalia. The Somali state has made several unsuccessful attempts to regain the control and management of...

On the dawn of May 15, 2018, the armed forces of Federal Somalia waged unexpected attack on Somaliland Republic armed forces based at Tuka-raq. Somalia’s forces attacked through the front of Puntland Administration of Federal Somalia whilst Somaliland Republic was busy celebrating its 27th...

By:Mohamed O. Guudle (PhD) Introduction The past decade has witnessed a complex dance of dialogue and divergence between Somaliland and Somalia. From initial cautious engagement in 2012 to recent high-level meetings facilitated by...

The somalia we want is not a difficult question after all , the actual question is how to get to the somalia we want, what pragmatic steps we need to get to there. In my view is simply a Somalia of ACCOUNTABILITY. The government and the...