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Articles by Marwaad Kayse
Can anti-Zionist Somalilanders speak?
Eedahaaga biiraa Aqal maaha laga galo Arrin lagugu leeyahay. (Increasing may your shortcomings be, yet never can they shelter you from fulfilling your duties). — Mohamed I. W. “Hadrawi” I Sometimes there is something troubling about the arrival of a victory long in the making.
What Would Make Washington Recognise Somaliland?
President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi (Cirro)’s September 2026 visit to the United States renewed attention to Somaliland’s campaign for recognition. His task was to persuade Washington that formal recognition would serve American interests. But what would it offer the United States that practical engagement with Hargeisa cannot? Cirro’s pitch drew on Somaliland’s position on the Gulf of Aden, near the approaches to the Bab al-Mandab.
Eritrea’s Dangerous Opening: Why the End of US Sanctions Could Threaten the Regime
On 19 September 2026, the United States lifted its sanctions on Eritrea, one of Africa’s most enigmatic and repressive states. These sanctions were imposed by the Biden administration in 2021 for Eritrea’s role in Ethiopia’s devastating Tigray War (2020-22). Opinions vary as to the possible meanings of their removal: is it morally permissible on the part of the US? Will Eritrea’s inhabitants be uplifted by their departure? Is this a portent of a new US-defined political order in the Horn of Africa?
Fascist Bananas: The past, present and future of fruit in Somalia
It is impossible to escape the banana in Somalia. Quintessential to daily life, it is sweeter, creamier and smaller than its South American counterparts, and eaten alongside savoury dishes of pasta and spiced rice. Early each morning, minivans laden with sprawling bunches of the yellow fruit wind through numerous checkpoints along the main roads south of Mogadishu to Bakara Market, the capital’s heaving, sprawling heartbeat of trade.
Trump calls Somaliland a ‘totally different country’, raising recognition hopes
US President Donald Trump described Somaliland as a “totally different country” during a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on 12 October, renewing hopes among Somaliland supporters for US recognition. The remarks came during attacks on Somali immigrants ahead of the November midterm elections, rather than a formal announcement of foreign policy. Trump drew a distinction between Somaliland and Somalia and suggested that Somaliland should change its name.
Organising before the next protest: Somaliland’s lessons from Kenya
A year has passed since the nationwide protests that erupted after Somaliland’s three major telecommunications providers, Telesom, Somtel and Soltelco, announced a doubling of the price of daily internet bundles. Within 24 hours, public anger had spread across social media and into the streets. Although young people, particularly those aged 18 to 35, were central to the mobilisation, the response extended across age groups, regions, clans and social strata.
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