Opinion/Analysis

On Saturday, 18th August 2018, the Speaker of the House of Representatives dismissed Nasir Ali Shire from his chairing position after the Public Accounts Committee he was leading published a report unearthing corruption accusations. Nasir Ali Shire, who is a member of the House of...

Gaboye, Tumaal and Yibir together form a cluster of the occupationally segregated group. Gaboye used to perform a range of activities such as leather-working, shoe-making, pottery(if female), hunting and traditional healing, the Yibir described as wandering sorcerers and leather worker. Tumaal is associated with...

Somaliland – a country in the horn of Africa – has become a hotspot in oil and gas exploration activities in East Africa. Somaliland’s exciting geological and geopolitical significance has led international oil and gas companies to snap up onshore and offshore exploration licenses...

Written by Abdirahman Aideed  Salaams to All respected readers of this Article Majority of the public in Somaliland welcomed and aired their congratulations for the president of Somaliland (H.E. President Muse Behi) for his remarkable decision, August 2018, to recall the national oil storage facilities in...

By Dr. Mohamed Osman Fadal The Berbera tripartite concession agreement that entered Somali Island with the DP World of the United Arab Emirates and the Ethiopian government is regarded as a game changer by many Horn of Africa international analysts. For Ethiopia as a major...

Recently, the region of Horn of Africa has witnessed a series waves of political changes, alliances and rapprochements, which have left observers and the world at large stunned and the local population confused. After a series of popular unrest and demonstrations in Ethiopia Prime...

By Dr Moshe Terdiman   On August 2, 2018, a London Court of International Arbitration ruled against the Government of Djibouti in its dispute with the DP World Company, based in Dubai. This ruling ended a long dispute between both sides starting in February 2018, when...

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...

Somaliland is a country that has achieved many issues in this fragile region. Its leaders are locally elected through democratic elections and this has made it possible to live and run its affairs alone in a peaceful way rather than Somali federal government. For...

By Dr Michael Walls, chief observer of the international election observation mission (IEOM) to Somaliland’s 2017 presidential election 25th July 2018 Eight months after Somaliland’s presidential election, and five months after we launched our final report in London, we are delighted to be back in Hargeisa...