Somaliland Can Still Return from The Brink of a Full-blown Civil War
Hargeisa (Comment ) — In Hargeisa the mood is sombre among supporters of President Muse Bihi Abdi, who was Somali… Sii akhri
Category News in English
Browse a collection of Somalia, Puntland and regional news headlines, reports and political analysis in English language.
A British-funded Report Heralds Laascaanood Conflict
Laascaanood (PP News Desk ) — Two years ago the Rift Valley Institute published a report on Laascaanood. Entitled Lasanod: City at… Sii akhri
Somaliland is not a “buffer zone” for Ethiopia
Mogadishu (PP Editorial ) — The Laascaanood conflict continues to acquire geopolitical dimensions. The Somaliland Administration Foreign Minister Essa Kayd Mohamoud told the Reporter, an… Sii akhri
Somaliland Parliamentary Speaker Accuses Muse Bihi of Authorising “War Crimes Against Laascaanood”
Laascaanood — (PP News Desk) The Speaker of Somaliland House of Representatives Abdirisaq Khalif Ahmed today accused Somaliland Administration President Muse Bihi Abdi of undermining… Sii akhri
The Laascaanood Conflict Breeds Impunity in Somalia
Mogadishu (Editorial) — The Laascaanood conflict has entered its third week. At the UN Security Council session on Somalia today, the Somalia… Sii akhri
Puntland State Must Re-engage with the Federal Government of Somalia
Nairobi (Commentary) — The Puntland State of Somalia prides itself on being the first autonomous administration in post-1991 Somalia. Its… Sii akhri
Djibouti Turns Its Back on Puntland and Laascaanood
Mogadishu (Editorial) — Djibouti, a troop-contributing country whose forces are a part of ATMIS in Somalia, is indirectly involved in the Laascaanood conflict… Sii akhri
British Government Support for Somaliland Forces ‘Denounced’
London (PP News Desk) — Demonstrators today gathered in central London today to voice their concerns about the British government’s… Sii akhri
Somaliland Forces Shell a Laascaanood Traditional Leader’s House
LAASCAANOOD (PP News Desk) — Six days after Somaliland administration declared a unilateral ceasefire, its forces based on the skirts of Laascaanood, last night… Sii akhri
The ceasefire proposed by Somaliland is a dangerous ruse
Mogadishu (Comment) — The unconditional ceasefire proposed by Somaliland administration in response to the Laascaanood conflict comes in the wake… Sii akhri