HARGEISA, Somaliland - After almost 15 years of waiting, Somaliland's main political parties have agreed to hold local and parliamentary elections within this year, in a decision that was arrived ...

Today, it obscures a more important question: whether international recognition should reflect legal principles and empirical realities or remain hostage to outdated political assumptions.

HARGEISA, Somalia - Somaliland has finalized plans to held local and national elections, officials said, following years of controversy that sparked high octane politics within the secessionist state ...

For most of my life, I have held a firm conviction that Somalis are better served by a united state than by a fragmented ...

I respond to Abdirashid's reflections by clarifying where our disagreement lies. It concerns how we read the political conditions under ...

The phrase “United we stand, divided we fall” is a longstanding principle that underscores the strategic value of collective ...

Somaliland president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (right) and Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar in Hargeisa, Somaliland in January 2026. [Getty Images] Israel’s decision to recognise Somaliland as ...

For the past 25 years, Somalia’s political transitions have not succeeded by accident. They were sustained through international engagement, pressure, and mediation aimed at preserving fragile ...

The President of Southwest State, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Laftagareen), has officially announced his resignation from the political party of Somalia's President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, where he ...

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