Vol 63 No 8 | SOMALIASOMALILAND Washington eyes a base at Berbera 12th April 2022 Intensifying competition between the US, Russia, China and the Gulf states boosts the strategic importance of Somaliland's port Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi's trip to Washington DC last month may not have resulted in an exchange of ambassadors, but it looks as though the statelet will...
Vol 59 No 5 | SOMALILAND Any port in a storm 9th March 2018 Both the structure and the timing of the deal between the United Arab Emirates' DP World and the Somaliland port of Berbera on 1 March raise big questions....
Vol 56 No 11 | SOMALIASOMALILAND Polls poser for politicians 29th May 2015 A delay to the elections is damaging Somaliland’s democratic credibility as Mogadishu’s electoral timetable takes a knock Somaliland's reputation for dependability and as the most democratic entity in the Horn of Africa has been on the slide since Parliament decided this month not to go...
Vol 54 No 3 | SOMALILAND The recognition blues 1st February 2013 Elections make Somaliland more democratic but don’t make international recognition more likely or end a simmering row with Garowe When the United States officially recognised the new government of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on 20 January, there was dancing in the streets of Mogadishu but there...
Vol 54 No 3 | SOMALILAND The Puntland problem 1st February 2013 In March 2013 Puntland, the semi-autonomous region in the north-east of Somalia, will hold its first local elections using the Somaliland model (see Feature, The recognition blues). For...
Vol 53 No 10 | SOMALILAND Unrecognisable 11th May 2012 The Hong Kong oil company PetroTrans now looks unlikely to invest in the key port of Berbera after negotiators pressed too hard for formal recognition of Somaliland, we...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 11 | ETHIOPIACHINASOMALILAND To Berbera and beyond 15th September 2011 A Chinese company is backing infrastructure projects to develop secessionist Somaliland and give Ethiopia greater access to the sea Port and energy deals signed between a private Chinese company and the breakaway government of Somaliland should provide the region with the most important boost it has ever...
Vol 51 No 14 | SOMALILAND We’re here to be recognised 9th July 2010 Decent elections, an orderly transition and plans for investment bring hope at last to a small nation A credible vote will not bring prosperity without international recognition. On 26 June, Ahmed Mohamed ‘Silanyo’, leader of the Development and Solidarity Party (Kulmiye) was elected as Somaliland’s...
Vol 51 No 3 | SOMALILAND Third time lucky 5th February 2010 In the run-up to the presidential election, due but not confirmed in April, political squabbles are increasing. President Dahir Riyale Kahin accused his rival, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo of...
Vol 50 No 19 | SOMALIAUNITED STATESSOMALILAND American airlift 25th September 2009 When United States special forces landed near the Shabaab-held Somalian town of Barawe to assassinate and carry off several members of the Al Shabaab jihadist group on...