Include Taiwan for Collective Climate Actions

By Ambassador Allen Chenhwa Lou As the concentration level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere rises and temperatures across nations reach record highs, it is clear that climate change is an issue that involves the whole world, an issue of no boundary. Therefore, Taiwan has been proactively tackling climate challenges in their wakes, alongside other international partners […]

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Somalia’s EAC membership raises critical questions about the bloc’s ability to ensure regional stability

 BY HALKANO WARIO AND RAHEL HASSEN Somalia is poised to become the East African Community’s (EAC) eighth member state at the economic bloc’s December summit. This follows negotiations in August between the EAC and Somalia, hosted by the Kenyan government. With the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) joining in March last year, both memberships represent the EAC’s […]

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Berbera port solves Ethiopia’s sea outlet problems

By Abdinasser Ahmed Berbera sits in a strategic commercial and security position, where 30% of world trade passes through with a deep-water port and the longest airstrips in Africa. It historically served as a gateway for trade and civilisation for centuries, connecting the vast hinterland of East Africa with the rest of the world. The […]

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Tribal borders cannot lead to unity for Somalia or bring back Somaliland

By: Sagal Mohamed Ashour I will start by addressing biased views in articles, as this is important to allow the reader to understand what is being written, and the perspectives of the person writing it. For most of the articles published during the conflict in LasAnod, no explanation or transparency was given by the writer […]

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Challenges and progress in promoting women’s political participation in Somaliland

By: Mubaarik Fuaad Hassan 1991,  Somaliland has sought international recognition as an independent state since 1991. No foreign government recognizes its sovereignty,, and it has held several successful elections since its declaration of independence, including presidential, parliamentary, and local council elections. However, the participation of women in these elections has been limited due to various […]

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The history behind the war in Las Anod

By Amina HusseinAminaHussein87@outlook.com Background There have been fierce and heated debates about the factors that led to Somaliland to invade Sool in December 2022, its imperative to distinguish between the deep, longstanding, and immediate causes that has let to this invasion and the war escalating in such short period of time. Though, each factor can […]

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Somaliland crisis: delayed elections and armed conflict threaten dream of statehood

With a presidential election delayed for months and deadly clashes between security forces and clan militias, Somaliland’s reputation for stability lies in ruins. Violence erupted in the breakaway northern Somalia region a few weeks after elections were postponed late last year. President Muse Bihi Abdi, in power since November 2017, has been accused of sidelining […]

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Time for Somaliland and the Dhulbahante to talk

The Somaliland army and militias associated with the Dhulbahante people have been fighting for control of Las Anod, capital of Somaliland’s Sool region, since February. The conflict began after the Dhulbahante said they wish to join Somalia rather than be governed any longer by Somaliland, which declared its independence in 1991. As leaders on both […]

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Puntland leader Deni must be carefull not to find himself in the same situation as Somaliland’s Bihi

For more than 30 years, Somaliland has been striving to become an independent state separate from Somalia. Despite facing opposition from the majority of Somalis, Somaliland has made significant progress toward this goal. Over the course of three decades, the administration of Somaliland has successfully established peace in the regions under its control, conducted successive […]

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Somaliland must restore order in Las-Anood

By Ali-Guban MohamedEmail: aliadm18@gmail.com Following 30 years of untenable union and a brutal civil war, Somaliland people withdrew from the union and reclaimed its independence in 1991 after the collapse of the authoritarian regime of Somalia. Since then, the 6 million Somaliland people have chartered a new course and managed to run their own affairs and […]

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