Opinion
Somalia’s Dawn After Debt Relief – Building Resilience via Capital Market Development and Private Sector-Led Growth
Somalia has reached a historic milestone. On December 13, 2023, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank confirmed Somalia hit the Hea...
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Sovereignty Without a Nation: Somalia and the incomplete state
In the grand theater of international law and politics, sovereignty and nationhood are often treated as interchangeable concepts. Yet history and prac...
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Structural Reform over Elite Rotation: Somaliland's developmental lessons from Bangladesh's interim governance
As Somaliland navigates the complexities of state-building and democratic consolidation, the experience of other Global South nations can offer timely...
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World leaders should work for peace and security in the Red Sea corridor
The Red Sea, a vital artery in global trade and maritime navigation, has long held strategic importance for the world’s economy and security. Connec...
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The Politics of Boycott: You Cannot Demand Dialogue While Rejecting It
The launch of Somalia’s National Dialogue on 16 June was a long-overdue attempt to move from permanent political paralysis toward national consensus...
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Securing the Horn: Somalia’s role in advancing U.S. interests
The recent testimonies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations by Joshua Meservey of the Hudson Institute and Michelle Gavin of the Coun...
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What Goes Around Comes Around: Somalia’s political crisis and the failure of leadership
Somalia’s fragile statehood remains at the mercy of recycled political elites, whose ambitions and rivalries have continually undermined national pr...
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PART 2:Obstacles that hampered the writing of the Somali language: Egyptian attempts to undermine efforts to select common script
The present article follows a previous piece posted on Hiiraan Online Website on May 4, 2025, under the heading “Obstacles that hampered the writing...
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Somaliland is open to trade, innovation and dialogue
The warm welcome I received in Nairobi this past week is a testament to the enduring spirit of African solidarity and the potential of regional partne...
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Modernizing Somalia’s Consumer Price Index
On May 4, 2025, the Somalia National Bureau of Statistics (SNBS) achieved a historic milestone by launching a modernized Consumer Price Index (CPI). T...
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