The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has once again perfected its favorite political art form: performative dialogue followed by deliberate sabotage. The latest casualty is a potential sit-down with the Golaha Mustaqbalka Soomaalia—not by accident, not by misunderstanding, but by design.At the inauguration of the SSC-KHAATUMO Administration in Laascaanod, Prime […]
Case Study 1: Food Aid vs. Agricultural Systems (South-Central Somalia) For more than three decades, Somalia has received large volumes of emergency food assistance coordinated with Western donors and multilateral agencies, often under the policy umbrellas of the European Union, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.Yet sustained investment in irrigation along the Shabelle […]
Puntland State is not under siege because of destiny, geography, or foreign conspiracies alone. It is under siege because of abandonment—the quiet, systematic abandonment of governance, reform, cohesion, and duty by those entrusted to protect and advance it. Let us speak plainly.The Puntland State administration abandoned democratisation—the long-promised one person, one vote project—without explanation, roadmap, […]
Let us speak plainly to the people of Puntland: security comes before politics, and survival comes before symbolism. Today, Puntland is not in a position to host grand political conferences, opposition summits, or anti–Villa Somalia theatrics—not while rebellious, infiltrated, and politically weaponized forces remain active inside its urban centers.The uncomfortable truth is this: no serious […]
The arrival of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Laascaanod today is not an act of reconciliation. It is a political signal flare—aimed simultaneously at Somaliland’s secessionist leadership and at Said Abdullahi Deni of Puntland State. But rather than calming a volatile landscape, this visit pours fuel on an already smoldering fire.Somalia today does not suffer from […]
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The fantasy of a recognized Somaliland is finally colliding with the hard wall of geography, demography, and power politics. Strip away the slogans and flags, and what remains is an increasingly reduced, brittle enclave—politically narrowed, territorially fragmented, and socially contested. Recognition, even if theatrically announced by Israel, does not manufacture viability. It exposes fault lines. […]
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WAPMEN Special Report Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland did not merely shock Mogadishu; it sent tremors through European chancelleries. For three decades, the European Union perfected a carefully calibrated ambiguity: engage Hargeisa without legitimizing secession; fund development without touching sovereignty. Israel shattered that comfort zone. What we are witnessing now is not European curiosity—it is […]
Another week, another masterclass in political theatre from Villa Somalia. The stage lights dim, a single spotlight hits the podium, and a solemn decree is read: The Federal Government of Somalia severs ties with the United Arab Emirates. Cue the dramatic music, the murmurs of geopolitics, the swirling analysis in foreign capitals. But in the […]
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