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...
The Horn of Africa is one of the most critical regions in global geopolitics, interlinking the most significant maritime routes, the Middle East, and the Indian Ocean. This has turned it, especially over the last period of time, into...
The Kenya International Election Observer Mission has released its preliminary report on Somaliland’s 2024 presidential and political party elections, praising the overall organization, peaceful conduct, and transparency of the process.
The full report is as follows:
International (Kenya) Election Observminary Report...
By Prof. Nassir Hussein Kahin.
On December 20, 2024, Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali ‘Turkey’ was deported from the United States to Somalia after being confirmed by the U.S. courts to be a war criminal. Upon his arrival, he was welcomed...
By Prof. Nassir Hussein Kahin
In an appalling affront to morality and a brazen betrayal of justice, Garad Jamac has sparked outrage by openly consorting with one of the most reviled war criminals in Somali history—a man whose name is...
In his 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics lecture titled “Paths towards the Periphery,” delivered in Stockholm on December 8, Professor James A. Robinson presented Somaliland as a compelling example of successful indigenous state-building. While the world often focuses on...
Pierce Dargan
In the past number of weeks a new president was sworn into office in Africa in a ceremony which marked the culmination of a peaceful transfer of power. This occurred in one of the most stable democracies on...
Hussain Bisad at home in north London. He has had health problems associated with gigantism. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian
Hussain Bisad, who has had health problems, says government should do more for people with physical or mental illness
When Hussain Bisad first settled...
The Ankara Agreement in Jeopardy: Implications of the AUSSOM Mandate and Ethiopia’s Red Sea Strategy.
By Prof. Nassir Hussein Kahin.
The United Nations Security Council’s approval of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) mandate on January 1, 2025, marks...
Open Letter to the Honorable Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali: Call for Justice, Investigation, and Protection of the Isaaq Clan and Dir Community
Date: 27 December 2024
To:
The Honorable Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Subject...