Opinion/Analysis

BY YUSUF HASSAN For Somalia to achieve peace and democracy, state-building must be the new federal government’s cornerstone policy. Somalia was supposed to have a new parliament in August, followed shortly thereafter by parliamentarians voting in a new president on September 10. This imperfect system has...

Abdulahi Mohammed Duale Somaliland’s former foreign minister is a seasoned diplomat with  a real leadership experience. He is one of the longest serving cabinet ministers in Somaliland, he was a cabinet member for 17 years out of the 25 years Somaliland existed after regaining...

I am writing this piece to share some of my Somaliland dreams although I am cognizant that dreams are never static but dynamic and always evolving. I am trying to share a glimpse into my reflections on the topics so as to enthrall my...

By:Mohammed Dahir Ahmed Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean started in 2005 by Somalia parities and reached its climax in 2011 when they have attempted to hijack 237 vessels and at year’s end, seized 11 vessels, keeping a total of 216 people...

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...

Writes By: Sherin Helal While Somalia has achieved notoriety in Africa as the most striking example of a failed state and the continent’s biggest battlefield, it has nevertheless also been able to present a model in the form of the autonomous Republic of Somaliland in...

By:Gulied Jama and Yacqub Ismail 2018 opens a new cycle in Somaliland’s foreign policy. The result of the 2017 presidential election showed that hardliners won the election. By hardliners, it means that a senior leader from the military wing of SNM won the election by a majority of...

The legislative body of any state plays a fundamental role in the fight against corruption. The House of representative has an essential responsibility in its role for combating corruption in all its forms, especially in public existence and has also a supervisory role to...

By Ishaan Tharoor In recent days, thousands of Rohingya Muslims in Burma have made their way to neighboring Bangladesh, fleeing an aggressive Burmese military campaign that ravaged dozens of villages in the country’s restive state of Rakhine. An official from the International Organization for Migration told...

Introduction This brief article focuses on Culture and Democracy in Somaliland Context. In general, the culture is largely focused on the role of the clan in the democratization process in Somaliland and the rule of law. This article summarizes and quotes various articles and...