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Hargeisa — Israel has appointed Michael Lotem as its first ambassador to Somaliland, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday, April 15, in the most concrete step yet in the…
Hargeisa — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has condemned Israel’s appointment of its first ambassador to Somaliland, calling on Israel to reverse its decision. Somaliland’s government responded with an unusually…
Berbera Times today publishes a comprehensive strategic policy brief prepared for Somaliland’s leadership and academic community, offering the most detailed open-source analytical framework yet produced for how Somaliland can secure…
Hargeisa — Somaliland’s economy posted notable gains in the past year, with Berbera Port recording a 27 percent increase in cargo throughput and the national budget growing by 20 percent,…
Hargeisa — As Somaliland intensifies its campaign for international recognition and touts its democratic record to Washington and the world, a troubling pattern of journalist detentions documented by the Committee…
Hargeisa — President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Cirro delivered his second annual address to a joint session of Somaliland’s House of Representatives and House of Elders on Tuesday, April 14, 2026,…
As instability deepens across the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz comes under renewed pressure, Somaliland is making its most assertive diplomatic push yet to secure formal recognition from…
Hargeisa — Fresh details emerging from President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Cirro’s annual parliamentary address on Tuesday have shed new light on Somaliland’s deepening military ties with Israel, while a separate…
In the span of just three months, Somaliland has gone from one of the world’s most overlooked territories to one of its most strategically significant. A cascade of diplomatic developments…