Somaliland: Hargeisa Bypass 25 Percent Complete: TMEA
Somaliland Port of Berbera will become the most modern port in the Horn of Africa when its first phase is completed.
The construction of Hargeisa...
Somaliland: The Horn of Africa’s New Wild Card
A new actor is jostling in the Horn of Africa. Somaliland, a self-declared breakaway republic of northern Somalia, scaled up its foreign policy in 2020 following years...
Ethiopian Parliament Lifts State of Emergency Off the North
The parliament in Ethiopia has voted for an early end to a six-month state of emergency declared in November when rebellious Tigrayan forces had...
What are Somaliland and Somalia Discussing in Djibouti?
As Somalia conducts talks with the unrecognised government of breakaway region Somaliland, Andrew Mueller asks if Somaliland’s time might be coming.
The Foreign Desk Report...
Traders Await Trade Deal Between Somaliland, Ethiopia to Use Berbera Port
Traders in Ethiopia are awaiting the realization of a trade agreement between the Ethiopian and Somaliland governments to begin using the Berbera Port to...
More than ‘7,000 Captive Ethiopian’ Soldiers Paraded in Tigray by Rebel Fighters
More than 7,000 'Ethiopian' soldiers captured by the Tigray Defence Force have been paraded in a rare video that shows them walking towards the...
Somaliland Path to Recognition Passes Through Ethiopia
The port of Berbera could be transformative, but has little gravity on its own
Somaliland’s road to international recognition remains an uphill struggle. Although the...
Ethiopia’s PM Abiy Ahmed Loses Shine
A year on from his Nobel peace prize, critics accuse Abiy Ahmed’s government of an authoritarian shift.
Last fall, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia...
Ethiopia Still in Grip of Spreading Violence, Hate Speech and Aid Crisis
UN Human Rights Council-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre of at least 200 people in...
Somaliland: In Depth Analysis – On the Actors, Dynamics of Somaliland’s Fledgling Democratic Experiment
Somaliland held its 7th elections, an election to elect national parliament representatives as well as local district councils. While the international and regional observers...