By Yousef Timacade. April 07, 2023
In the often turbulent Horn of Africa, Somaliland has established a reputation as an island of peace, democracy, and stability. Recent conflict in Las’Anod, the capital of the Sool region, between the Somaliland National Army and militias...
Introduction to Somaliland's diplomatic efforts
Somaliland, a self-declared independent state in the Horn of Africa, has been actively engaged in diplomatic efforts to rebuild and establish itself on the global stage in the aftermath of a devastating Genocide. The war,...
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By Daniel Volman
The election...
The Advocate Post: In a significant statement before parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed underscored Ethiopia’s “unwavering interest” in securing access to the Red Sea through peaceful means. “We do not seek it through war or force. Ethiopia deserves access...
By Nassir Hussein Kahin
In a shocking turn of events, the massacre in Da’awalley, Somali Region State, Ethiopia, has unleashed a storm of fury and indignation in Somaliland. The brutal killing of ethnic Isaaq civilians by Ethiopia’s Liyuu Police has...
Unlike the President and the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament who are mute or ambiguous about the expected elections, I welcome the Prime Minister’s position on the elections that are scheduled to take place at the end of...
The situation of the mentally ill in all Somali spoken territories is very alarming. The same is in the Somali communities in Diaspora.We hear from European countries, USA and Canada that the jails and the psychiatric wards are full...
On Sept. 9, Somalia’s government announced that President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed who is better known as “Farmajo,” would make his first visit to the United States as president, first visiting the United Nations General Assembly before traveling to Washington, D.C. This...
Fahad Yasin who served in the Qatari intelligence prior to his strategic placement in Somalia’s Presidency and later as head of its intelligence agency is the de facto president of Somalia, according to Somalia’s political class discourse.
Sources point out...
Somali National Army - GETTY IMAGES
Somalia is often considered a quintessential example of a failed state that suffers from devastating humanitarian crises and the lowest levels of development in the world. The country has for decades now been engulfed...