Strategic Thinking on East Africa

New York Times Photo CreditIllustration by Melinda Josie One August afternoon last year, waiting in the polished lobby of the Maan-Soor Hotel in Hargeisa, Somaliland, I wondered if it wasn’t too late to cancel the appointment I had made. I had been returning to the city of my birth regularly for the past eight years, […]

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Center for Policy Analysis and Research By Abdiwahid Abdullahi* April 12, 2016 Since the awakening of the Somali nationalism in 1945 after the defeat of Dervish warriors in the Godan plains of Nugal, the Somalis were dreaming to settle an old grievance that divided the Somali inhabited territories. The arrival of the Europeans had not […]

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Image: REUTERS/Feisal Omar Written by Nima Elmi, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Somaliland People often look at me with a bewildered expression on their face when I mention the Republic of Somaliland. Many assume that I meant to say Somalia. Mention the Horn of Africa and people inevitably think of […]

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The Strathink Editorial Team We live in interesting times. Our world today is faster, more connected and, in many ways, smaller than the planet we inhabited just twenty years ago. Yet, one part of our world seems surprising unchanged if we view that region from the perspective of the West—Africa. Despite the profound changes that […]

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From The Economist SAHRA HALGAN, a musician, fled Hargeisa in northern Somalia in 1991. The city she left was a smoking ruin; most of the population was scattered. But in 2013, after 22 years living in France and working as a cleaner, she felt the urge to return. “I love France, but my country is […]

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From The International Crisis Group AFP/ PETE CHONKA OVERVIEW Somaliland’s hybrid system of tri-party democracy and traditional clan-based governance has enabled the consolidation of state-like authority, social and economic recovery and, above all, relative peace and security but now needs reform. Success has brought greater resources, including a special funding status with donors – especially […]

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From The Somaliland Informer   DIRE DAWA- The largest meeting aimed at discussing the security of Ethiopia and Somaliland opens in Diri Dawa today. The mission is that both countries which share large border areas are talking ways and means to enhance cooperation between the two neighboring countries on the areas of trade, immigration security and […]

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An open letter to UK Prime Minister, His Excellency Mr. David Cameroon Requesting the British Government of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Take the Credit of Re-affirming the UN Membership of the Republic of Somaliland Dear Mr. Prime Minister, With all due respect, Sir, we request the Government of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, which […]

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From Planet Biometrics Somaliland’s electoral commission has begun trials of an iris-based voter registration system in preparation for a national election system. The chairman of the National Election Commission confirmed the launch to reporters last week, adding that the trials will concentrate on Hargeisa and Toghdeer regions. Last year, election specialist Roy Dalle Vedove approached […]

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From The Guardian by Nadifa Mohamed Be it women wearing trousers or men with earrings, there is growing antagonism from those who want to maintain a ‘pure’ culture Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, is transformed between June and September every year as Somalilanders arrive from Europe, north America, the Gulf and the rest of Africa. […]

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