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Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Sep 8, 2026, 4:01 AM

President Irro’s Washington Mission:

From Recognition Advocacy to Strategic Partnership 1. Executive Summary President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi 'Irro's' visit to Washington is best understood not as a recognition bid but as an attempt to reposition Somaliland inside the strategic calculations of the United States. The...

Sep 7, 2026, 6:55 PM

Why Mogadishu Cannot Simply Recognize Somaliland

Constitutional limits, political survival, and the SSC-Khatumo challenge Somaliland’s long campaign for international recognition is often framed as a test of whether Somalia’s leaders will accept political reality. From Mogadishu’s perspective, however, recognition is not a simple diplomatic choice. It...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sep 6, 2026, 6:11 PM

Somaliland: The US recognition window has opened

The Somaliland Recognition Threshold: Israel’s breakthrough, Berbera’s strategic value, congressional and Pentagon interest, the Abraham Accords, China competition, Red Sea security threats, Ethiopia and U.S. investment are increasingly converging on one decision point—the White House. Infographic artwork: HOASR.

What Could Finally Persuade Trump to Recognize Somaliland Israel has broken the taboo. President Abdirahman Irro is now in Washington. From Berbera and the Abraham Accords to China, the Houthis, Congress and American investment, a rare convergence of strategic forces...

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Sep 5, 2026, 9:55 AM

The Doolow Strike: Türkiye’s Intervention in Somalia

The reported drone strike in Doolow targeting former Somali Custodial Corps commander General Mahad Abdirahman Shub has brought a much larger strategic question about Turkey's role in Somalia into sharp focus. The reported strike on General Mahad Abdirahman Shub's residence...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sep 5, 2026, 9:54 AM

Tibor Nagy Exposes the Contradiction in Egypt’s Red Sea Strategy

The Nile and Red Sea disputes are legally distinct but strategically connected. Ethiopia stands at the centre of both—as an upstream Nile power and a landlocked country seeking diversified maritime access through Somaliland’s Berbera corridor.
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As Cairo insists that Red Sea affairs belong to coastal states while demanding recognition of its downstream interests on the Nile, a former senior U.S. diplomat is forcing an uncomfortable question back onto the regional agenda: if Ethiopia’s need...

Sep 4, 2026, 6:06 PM

The Tongue and the Law: Honour, Justice, and Peace in Somali Xeer

How proverbs and customary law turn speech, reputation, and reconciliation into foundations of peace. “Hasid ma guuleysto”—an envious person fails—is more than a warning against jealousy. It captures a wider Somali understanding of character: what people say, intend, and do...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sep 4, 2026, 1:03 AM

Ethiopia’s Red Sea Strategy and the Washington Battle Over Somaliland

Ethiopia's Strategic Ambiguity: The MoU Under the Sleeve Mogadishu says the Ankara Declaration has overtaken the 2024 Ethiopia–Somaliland (MoU) deal. Addis Ababa still speaks about sovereign access to the sea, Berbera remains outside Somalia’s control, and President Irro’s U.S.-bound diplomacy...

Nassir Hussein Kahin

Sep 3, 2026, 6:20 PM

The New Strategic Encirclement Around Somaliland: From Aden to South Somalia

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The reported Houthi-al-Shabaab radar plan clearly does show how the Iran war, maritime insecurity, recognition of Somaliland, and anti-Israel politics are converging around Berbera

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Sep 2, 2026, 10:49 PM

Somaliland’s Washington Moment: President’s Visit

Somaliland’s Washington Moment: The Case for U.S. Recognition All eyes in Somaliland and the region are turning toward Washington as President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi prepares to make the case for a historic shift in U.S. policy: formal recognition of Somaliland. The...

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Aug 31, 2026, 3:35 AM

Türkiye’s Somaliland Dilemma Why Ankara Fears

Since Israel formally recognized the Republic of Somaliland on December 26, 2025 Turkish media coverage of the Horn of Africa has revealed a striking pattern of criticism toward Somaliland and its emerging international partnerships. The recognition, announced by Prime...

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