Prof. Ahmed Ismail Samatar recently delivered what many observers described as a remarkably candid and well-reasoned assessment of the political fallout following Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro”’s recent visit to the…
Recent footage from the streets and the United Nations headquarters in New York, featuring Dr. Abdurahman Duale Beyle campaigning for Somaliland's international recognition, has sparked shock and an unsettled debate…
When Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro” arrived in Washington in September, his objective was clear: persuade the U.S. to treat Hargeisa as a recognized sovereign state. This is a…
More than thirty-four years after its unilateral declaration of independence in May 1991, Somaliland remains one of the most complex and singular cases in contemporary international law.
Awdal is at war with itself—but the battlefield is generational. On one side stand the youth protesters who took to Borama's streets on May 17, tearing down Somaliland's flag...
Central to the unrest was the belief that the Xeer Ciise initiative was not an isolated cultural endeavour but part of a broader external agenda.
A dangerous dispute over Somalia's skies has escalated in 2024, pitting the federal government against the breakaway region of Somaliland...
After 32 years of political autonomy, elusive recognition and an increasingly disillusioned population, the secessionist leadership finds itself pushed to take desperate measures.
An agreement to restart talk on Somaliland secession between the federal government of Somalia and the secessionist region have set in motion a crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Last week, to everyone's surprise, parliamentarians representing Awdal succeeded for the first time in getting their bill to reopen the Somaliland constitution approved by the breakaway Somali region's House of…
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