65. Somaliland, the Left and the Underdog Bias Theory
The left's instinct to side with the weaker party regardless of context is not justice. It is a bias that mistakes weakness for virtue and strength for guilt, and Somaliland is the proof.
64. Somaliland Deserves Tens of Billions in Compensation, Not Just Recognition
After 35 years of enforced isolation, Somaliland is owed more than legal status. The cumulative cost of exclusion demands compensation as a matter of accountability.
63. Understanding the Somaliland Mindset
Somaliland operates on a distinct civilisational, political, and social framework. Understanding how its society thinks, decides, and acts is the essential entry point for any serious engagement.
62. What the Hormuz Strait Opening Really Means
Iran's decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz reveals two profound truths about its calculus: it is not suicidal, and its most powerful weapon was never as decisive as the world feared.
61. The Middle East Will Not Be Stabilised by War with Iran
War with Iran will not stabilise the Middle East. Stability depends on rejecting expansionism, improving internal governance, and allowing peaceful competition between regional frameworks.
60. Le Monde's Berbera Fiction: Erasing Somaliland's Agency
Le Monde publishes another sensationalised piece on Berbera, stripping Somaliland of agency and relying on anonymous sources to push an Iran-centric narrative with no hard evidence.
58. Iran: A Vietnam, Not a Venezuela
Iran has found something more powerful than a nuclear bomb: the ability to hold global energy and the world economy hostage through critical chokepoints.
59. Towards Abraham Accords V2
Israel and Somaliland share the experience of being unrecognised by neighbours who wish them gone. But Israel under Netanyahu is creating more enemies than friends, and the Abraham Accords must deliver a final resolution.
56. Beyond Jihad and Caliphate: The Somaliland Renewal
Somaliland's Israeli recognition has collapsed two timelines. Sovereignty and Islamic renewal must now happen simultaneously, offering a confident counter-model to militarised political theology.
57. The UK Parliament's Scotland Delusion: Why Somaliland Is Not Leaving a Functioning Union
When UK Labour compares Somaliland to Scotland, they reveal a fundamental misunderstanding of what a failed state, an unratified union, and 35 years of separation actually mean.
57. State Recognition Is Not a Group Order: The Somaliland Case
Why condemning state recognition is as absurd as throwing tantrums over someone else's lunch order, and how Somaliland ticks all the boxes.
54. The Ilhan Paradox
What the diaspora can learn from Ilhan Omar's political career and the paradox of local success versus national failure.
50. Trump's Quick Wins in Africa: Protecting Farmers, Defending Christians, Recognising Democracies
As Trump pursues historic legacy over incremental process, Somaliland recognition offers the rare win-win that creates powerful optics while genuinely improving Africa's geopolitical landscape.
6. Preferential Voting To Fix Somaliland Elections
In the era of late Somaliland President Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal, Somalilanders have adopted a constitution that limits the number of political parties to three. This was a lesson learned from the 1969 elections in the Somali republic when 64 parties contested in the elections. These parties were proxies for sub-clans who wanted representation. No one offered political choices based on ideology and policies.
1. Somaliland Climate 101
Today, I asked the question which is what is the best city in Somaliland in terms of weather? I thought it must be either Sheikh or Daalo mountains but it's neither one of them.