Under Pressure: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire pulled the plug on the process to conduct “a full inventory of the Federal Government property and public property sold or leased since 2012.”   By Liban...
Immense socio-economic and political challenges anywhere produce, more often than not, a new wave of political thoughts and the people to turn them to a reality. In this part of the world, that is not the case. Challenges do...
by Isaac Muhammad Sunday, July 4, 2021 John Maxwell was right: "Everything rises and falls on leadership." And at the peak of Somalia's colossal predicaments, it is a numbing example of an appalling failure of leadership. Indeed, for more than half...
Jointly co-authored by Mohd Faisal Hawar and Mohamoud Faisal Hawar, both Oil and Gas Management Graduates, specialized in Oil and Gas Fiscal Regimes, Oil and Gas Economists, Trainers & Consultants on all the Extractive Fiscal Regimes.   Crude Oil, the...
By Hon. Abdulkadir Osoble Ali There is a huge Bomb in Somalia and its shockwave will wash across the Horn and into the global world. More than 70 percent of Somalia’s population is now under 30, with about 70 percent of those people unemployed....
A visit to the Port of Berbera on the coast of Somaliland is certainly not for the faint hearted. It is blistering hot in summer with temperatures that regularly breach the forties, a journey made more challenging by the...
Some time in March this year, Scott Perry, a member of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee submitted a proposal to the House of Representatives seeking recognition for Somaliland as an independent country. Perry, from Pennsylvania, USA, submitted the proposal...
AMBASSADOR LARRY E. ANDRÉ JR. (RET.) Given their shared interests, US military, development, humanitarian, and diplomatic support of Somalia serves both country's goals—and helps to stabilize the Horn of Africa. Mention of Somalia typically evokes images from the violent anarchy and...
By Alexander Stafford Perhaps the most important lesson we should learn from the brutal war in Ukraine is the value of free, democratic friends in difficult places. The UK has taken a leading role in supporting our brave friends in...
Mohamed Abib, a member of parliament in Somaliland, has emerged as one of the most contentious political figures in the region. Known for his fiery rhetoric and controversial statements, Abib has become a polarizing force in Somaliland’s political landscape,...