Somaliland

The Participation of the President of the Republic of Somaliland in the World Governments Summit is a Strategic Diplomatic Step, says the Ambassador of the Republic of Somaliland to Norway Amb. Mohamed Mohamoud Adan. In a press release shared with...

After the fall of the Somali Republic in 1991, Somaliland declared independence and emerged from war with fragile unity but deep insecurity. Weapons remained distributed widely among clan-based militias. Every community recognized that peace required disarmament, but no group was willing to move first. The logic was simple and brutal: disarm first, and risk annihilation.

The meeting between Djibouti, Somalia, and Ethiopia in Jigjiga was driven by several key reasons, reflecting the complex political, security, and economic dynamics of the Horn of Africa:

Somalia under President Hassan Sheekh Mohamud is governed not through hierarchical sovereignty, but through selective and performative authority shaped by external dependency. At the center of this governance failure lies 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 —a pattern in...

Abstract This article examines the historical, legal, and political foundations of Somaliland’s independence, the post-1960 union with Somalia, and state-building efforts following the collapse of the Somali Republic. It also evaluates the strategic implications of international recognition, particularly by Israel,...