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Hargeisa — On May 15, 2026, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s presidential term expires. The date is not in dispute. What is in dispute is everything else — who has the authority…
Hargeisa — In November 2025, in territory controlled by Sudan’s Armed Forces near the Ethiopian border, representatives of four of Ethiopia’s most powerful armed movements sat down together. Eritrean officials…
Hargeisa — On Tuesday April 28, 2026, Somaliland’s House of Elders — the Guurti — approved a 27-month extension of the terms of the House of Representatives and local councils.…
Hargeisa — On Sunday April 26, 2026, the cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unanimously approved the appointment of veteran diplomat Michael Lotem as Israel’s first-ever ambassador to Somaliland.…
Hargeisa — Long before Hakan Fidan became Turkey’s Foreign Minister, he was the architect. As head of TIKA — Turkey’s International Cooperation and Development Agency — from 2003 to 2007,…
Hargeisa — A bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives on April 16, 2026 could mark the most consequential shift in American policy toward Somalia in a generation.…
Hargeisa — Israel recognised Somaliland in December 2025 and appointed its first ambassador, Michael Lotem, in April 2026. Somaliland sent its own ambassador, Dr. Mohamed Omar Hagi Mohamoud, to Jerusalem…
Hargeisa — Three pieces of legislation now sitting in the United States Congress represent the most sustained and coordinated legislative push for Somaliland’s recognition in American history. Introduced across the…
Hargeisa — Somalia’s political crisis has entered its most dangerous phase yet. With President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s constitutional term set to expire on May 15, 2026 — and the parliamentary…
Hargeisa — On Tuesday, April 21, 2026, Senator Ted Cruz convened a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy in room SD-419 of the…