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Mohamed Abdi Idiris

Oct 18, 2026, 1:48 PM

Somaliland Geostrategy: Geography, Power and Regional Influence

Why the Horn of Africa’s emerging strategic landscape demands a closer look at Somaliland

Abdi Ali Barkhad

Oct 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

Ethiopia’s Ambassador Misreads the Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa

The recent interview given by Ethiopia’s Junior Ambassador to Israel, Tesfaye Yetayeh Anteneh, on i24NEWS raises important questions about Ethiopia’s strategic understanding of Somaliland and the wider Horn of Africa. The Junior ambassador reportedly argued that Ethiopia cannot recognize Somaliland...

Oct 17, 2026, 11:07 AM

India, IMEC, Saudi, Houthi: An Israeli Article on Benghazi Entered Libyan Politics

Image: Excerpts from posts on Tanasuh TV’s X account referring to the original article.

When an Israeli Analyst’s Article Becomes a Weapon in Libyan Politics.

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Oct 16, 2026, 7:28 PM

President Irro Came Home. Somaliland Heard His Case.

President Irro’s homecoming message connects Somaliland’s international recognition campaign with unity and national resolve. Original HOASR Infographic.

His speech connected the recognition campaign abroad with the concerns of the people waiting at home. For weeks, Somalilanders watched President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro move between foreign engagements while questions grew at home. What was the long absence achieving?...

Oct 16, 2026, 7:11 PM

Somaliland: The Name, the Nation, and the Case for Sovereignty

Somaliland is more than a placename. It reflects a distinct history shaped by language, trade, colonial borders, brief independence, political union, conflict, and a continuing claim to sovereign statehood. What Does “Somaliland” Mean? The name combines Somali, the identity of the...

Abdiqani A. Aden

Oct 16, 2026, 12:14 AM

The Letter From Hargeisa: Egal’s 1995 Appeal to Israel

The four-page letter dated 3 July 1995, attributed to Somaliland President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal and addressed to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, proposing a strategic partnership between Somaliland and Israel. The copy reproduced here is held in the author’s historical archive. Egal reportedly denied authorship before his death, and the document’s authorship and delivery to Israel remain unverified.

Courtesy of Keydka Cabdiqani C. Aadan (Historical Archive).

In 1995, Somaliland’s president asked Israel for a “strategic partnership.” Thirty years later, Israel recognised the country. The letter explains much about the logic, and almost nothing about the cause. On 3 July 1995, a letter was prepared at the...

Abdi Ali Barkhad

Oct 15, 2026, 12:26 PM

Thirty-Five Years of Self-Government and the Unfinished Question of Somali Unity

The Reality the World Must Confront The question of Somaliland’s international status is one of the most persistent unresolved political issues in the Horn of Africa. For more than three decades, the Republic of Somaliland has maintained its own government,...

Oct 15, 2026, 12:05 AM

Somaliland and Somalia: Two Divergent Realities and the Recognition Paradox

Somaliland and Somalia share language, religion, culture, and geography, yet they have followed sharply different political paths. Somalia has international recognition, a United Nations seat, and African Union membership. The Republic of Somaliland has governed itself since 1991 with...

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Oct 14, 2026, 11:09 PM

Beyond Trump: Somaliland’s Path to Recognition

For Somaliland, international recognition remains a central question of historical legitimacy, international law, diplomatic strategy, and national security. Since restoring its independence on 18 May 1991, Somaliland has developed its own political institutions, security structures, electoral processes, and administrative...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Oct 14, 2026, 9:53 PM

Somaliland Leaders Built A Democracy. The World Keeps It Waiting

From dictatorship and destruction to reconciliation and constitutional government, Somaliland’s journey spans thirty-five years of self-government. Egal and the six presidents represent that institutional history, while the diplomatic metaphor challenges praise without recognition and reunion without consent. Credit: HOASR Original Infographics.

Egal’s legacy and the cost of praising self-government while withholding political standing Somaliland has spent thirty-five years building the institutions international diplomacy says it wants Africans to build. Its people negotiated peace, restored public administration and developed competitive elections. Governing...

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