A Year of Calculated Defiance: How President Irro Moved Somaliland From Survival Mode to Strategic Player. In his first year in office, President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi...
Hargeisa, Somaliland — President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro has launched one of his most consequential administrative restructurings to date, appointing a new slate of regional governors...
IRRO’S SILENT STRATEGY + AWDAL’S POWER HOUSE ELDERS = FOREIGN PLOT COLLAPSES. The rapid stabilization of Borama after a brief security disruption offers more than a...
The Quiet Revolution: How President Irro Is Reshaping Somaliland’s Future—And Why the Old Guard Should Be Terrified. In Hargeisa’s marble corridors and the encrypted political groups...
Sources: Somaliland Minister Resigned Before Planned Removal in President Irro’s Reshuffle. Somaliland’s Minister of Information, Ahmed Yasin Sheikh Ali Ayanle, announced his resignation on Saturday evening,...
CRISIS AVERTED: Somaliland Crisis De-escalates as President Irro Prioritizes Peace Over Politics. President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro’s abrupt cancellation of the Xeer Ise event marks one...
Somaliland Announces Investigation, Pulls Armed Forces Back Following Borama Violence. Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi (Irro) delivered a grave and measured statement on Friday following the...
HARGEISA / DOHA — Somaliland has crossed a diplomatic threshold that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. In a series of high-level engagements,...
Clan Tensions and Cabinet Chaos: Inside President Irro’s Most Dangerous Political Test. HARGEISA — Not even a year into his presidency, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro finds...
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi opened the country’s first National Conference on the Reform of Justice Institutions in 14 years, calling the modernization of the judiciary...
Somaliland Faces a Coordinated Misinformation Assault: Evidence of Foreign Influence Campaigns Emerges. The daily churn of online debate in Somaliland has begun to reveal something far...
The Moment Somaliland Became Indispensable to U.S. Power in the Red Sea. The visit to Hargeisa by U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Dagvin Anderson and Deputy...
Somaliland President, UK Ambassador Hold High-Level Talks on Security, Development and Strategic Ties. Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi hosted the United Kingdom’s ambassador, Charles King, and...
Somaliland President Presses EU for Special Partnership, Citing Security Gains and Sovereignty. Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi hosted the European Union’s ambassador to Somalia, Francesca Di...
DELAY = DISASTER: How Postponing 2026 Elections Could Destroy Somaliland’s Recognition Dream. Somaliland’s political institutions face a pivotal test as disputes over voter registration and election...
Somaliland Declares Full Control of Its Airspace, Rejects Somalia’s e-Visa in Landmark Aviation Conference. The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillaahi (Irro), on...
President Irro Hails Somaliland Police as Pillars of Peace on 32nd Anniversary. HARGEISA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro), today...
President Irro Opens Landmark Investment Forum, Signaling Somaliland’s Global Economic Ambition. HARGEISA — The President of the Republic of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro), inaugurated the...
Power, Money, and Misinformation — The Real Story Behind Somaliland’s “Voter Fraud” Scandal. Inside the Opposition’s $15 Million Plan to Delay Somaliland’s 2026 Elections. A quiet...
President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Irro) received Djibouti’s Representative to Somaliland, Ambassador Hussein Omar Kawaliyeh, at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa on Tuesday — a meeting that...