On May 15, 2022, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud stepped into office inheriting a country fragmented by political infighting, economically crippled, and besieged by a persistent threat of terrorism that had morphed into a shadow state within its borders. In the face of these monumental challenges, President Mohamud embarked on a courageous mission to guide Somalia
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The President of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland, Muse Bihi Abdi, signed a controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Addis Ababa with Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed on the 1st of January 2024. The details of the Ethiopia-Somaliland agreement have not been disclosed to the public, but several points can be gleaned from public statements
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This article examines Ethiopia’s potential motivations for signing the recent illegal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the self-declared administration of Somaliland, as well as realistic policy options for the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to respond and defend its territorial integrity. Given Somalia’s internal instability and governance challenges, Ethiopia seems to have felt emboldened to
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In 2023, the Federal Republic of Somalia entered a pivotal period marked by peaceful coexistence among its governmental sectors. During this time, concerted efforts were made to foster social, economic, and political development. Effective governance, with a clear understanding of constitutional boundaries dictating the governments’ actions, places us in a more elevated position as we
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Due to its strategic location, the Horn of Africa region remains a geopolitical hotbed pitting the US and its Western European allies against Russia, and China while over the last decade, middle powers and Gulf countries, the likes of Turkey, Iran, Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia have entered the fray in bid to gain a
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The Somali government undertook a serious diplomatic campaign and successfully gained international support for protecting the territorial unity and sovereignty of its country against what can only be considered the most desperate and reckless action by Ethiopia in its illegal attempt to annex part of the territorial land of the Red Sea in the Awdal
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