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Somaliland army must disarm Buur-Madow’s militias

The ongoing communal violence in Eil-Afwein is a tragedy.The communal violence in Eil-Afwein has been going on and off for the lastRead More »

Guban View: It is time to stand up and fight for Somaliland

Lewis Center, Ohio—This past week, we witnessed the worst battle loss the Somaliland army ever suffered in our history. WeRead More »

Ali Guban: How Hassan Hersi’s 'Blatant lies’ finally caught up to him.

The Wadani party leader Hersi Hassan was arrested for allegedly using a fraudulently obtained British passport to enter Britain onRead More »

Guban view: Justice for our Fallen Somaliland Police Officers

Lewis Center, Ohio—-Last year, the Wadani party leaders including presidential nominee Cirro attended a reception that took place at a local hotelRead More »

Guban View: Presidential nominee Cirro has no path to win Somaliland presidency

Presidential nominee Abdirahman  Cirro has no path to win the presidency if JSL presidential election is held today. Most ofRead More »

Ali-Guban: Somaliland Must Restore Order in Las-Anood

Lewis Center, Ohio—Following 30 years of untenable union and a brutal civil war, Somaliland people withdrew from the union andRead More »

Guban View: The Civil Disturbances in Las Anood, another critical battle for Somaliland freedom

For too long, Las Anood communities waited patiently for Somaliland to bring justice to the perpetrators of over 40 unresolvedRead More »

Guban view: Stand up Somaliland and support our law enforcement

Last week, rioters descended into the streets of some Somaliland cities causing mayhem. Hargeisa, Somaliland capital suffered the worst ofRead More »

Guban view: Rioting is not the answer to Somaliland's manufactured election crisis

Somaliland law enforcement have arrested dozens of people who were allegedly plotting to assassinate demonstrators, or police officers during theRead More »

Somaliland: Judicial corruption fuels the deadly violence of the land disputes; an attorney shot dead

This past Saturday, July 16, Jamal Jimaale, an attorney, the son of the first SNM leader, the late Ahmed Jimale,Read More »

Somaliland Judicial System: Shutdown the parallel,  al-I’tisam courts run by  the radical clerics

On Saturday, Sheikh Mohamed Arab led the Eid Aladha congregation prayer held at the public owned soccer stadium in southsideRead More »

Eid Mubarak from Gubanmedia

Eid Mubarak This Friday, the 9th of Dhul- hijjah the pilgrims have flocked to Mount Arafat to observe the most importantRead More »

Guban View: The U.S. must stand up for democracy in Djibouti

Djibouti, an impoverished, Muslim country in the Horn of Africa with less than a million inhabitants, on Monday, June 27Read More »

Guban View: U.S. presence in Somalia won’t solve its ‘corrupt’ government

President Biden campaigned on a platform to end ‘the never-ending wars’. But the New York Times is reporting that heRead More »

Opinion: How Dahabshiil Group subvert the rule of law and governance in Somaliland

This week the CEO of Dahabshiil Group aka Dhiigshiil (“The blood Smelter”) in Somali, Abdirashid Duale, has denied that hisRead More »

Why Do We Celebrate 18th of May?

Every year, on May 18, Somaliland people celebrate our independence, with parades across the country and remembering heroes who paidRead More »

Guban View: Egal was a Patriot, Statesman

I have written this note as a tribute to our late President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal. Twenty years ago, on MayRead More »

How Somaliland Fake News Media is Undermining National Security

For a free and democratic society, the people would expect the media to cover political and social events and informationRead More »

Opinion: It is time to Crackdown on Tax Evasion by Somaliland Cellular and Internet Operators

On Saturday evening, Bihi hosted a Ramadan Iftar dinner for the businesspeople and clergy to raise money for the merchants,Read More »

Guban View: Somaliland Waaheen Market fire was caused by an epic government failure

This week, a blaze destroyed the Waaheen, the largest open market in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s capital. The Firefighters were having problemsRead More »

Guban View: Representative Barkhad Batuun is unfit for Somaliland Legislature

Lewis Center, Ohio–Hundreds if not thousands of newborn babies are abandoned each year in Somaliland. Many women in Hargeisa, Somaliland’sRead More »

It is Time for President Bihi to Rein in the Rise of the Power of 'Ictisaam" Religious Zealots in Somaliland

Defamation is a “false statement presented as a fact that causes injury or damage to the character of the personRead More »

Somaliland Politics: The Charade of the Two-Party Monopoly System Must End Now

Lewis Center, Ohio–Last May,  Somaliland held the second legislative elections since 2005, to elect a new legislature. The results ofRead More »

Election integrity: Why Somaliland legislative electoral system needs a reform

Lewis Center, Ohio—-On May 31, 2021, Somaliland will hold the second legislative elections since 2005, to elect new MP’s. However,Read More »

Guban View: We Must Stop Guelleh’s Somaliland Encroachment

President Muse Bihi and his sycophant ministers seem to think that Djibouti dictator, Omar Guelleh, is our friend. But manyRead More »

The US Bears Some Responsibility for Ethiopia Tragedy

Ethiopia is Sliding into a man-made Disaster. The tension between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a group that misruledRead More »

Somaliland Sovereignty: President Bihi Must put a Stop to the UN’s  blatant Meddling NOW

This week, the Somaliland government suspended all UN operations in the country until further notice, according to a press releaseRead More »

Guban View: President Bihi Must Choose Between Former Silanyo Administration Ministers or the Rule of Law

Lewis Center, Ohio—This week, it was disgusting, appalling and ironic to watch Hersi Hassan, former Silanyo Chief Cabinet, talking aboutRead More »

Mr. Mohamud Hashi: The money-grubbing moron who fleeced Somaliland Civil Aviation Department

Mr. Mohamud Hashi is a moron and hypocrite, who became rich by fleecing the Somaliland Civil Aviation Department. He wasRead More »

In Somaliland, Blood Money is Denying Crime victims Justice, Due Process

Last week, a gruesome attack took place at a tire shop in south Hargeisa. The incident involved a member ofRead More »

Guban View: Agriculture Minister, Ahmed Muumin Seed, Must Go

The time has come for Ahmed Muumin Seed, Agriculture Minister to go. The damage he has done to Somaliland AgricultureRead More »

Guban View: Communist China’s Castor beans Farming in Wajaale Plains is Dead Wrong  

This week, the Bihi administration has given permission for a Communist Chinese company known  as  Africa  Agricultural  Development to growRead More »

Guban View: Kudos to President Bihi  for Bringing Big Commodity Trader Trafigura  to Berbera Oil Terminal

The  Bihi administration got it right for bringing  to Somaliland, Trafigura Group Pte,  the world’s second-biggest independent oil and industrial metals trader.Read More »

Somaliland’s 2021 Legislative Elections: The Dangers of Pandering to Clan Identity Politics

Lewis Center, Ohio—The last time Somaliland held legislative elections was in September 2005 since then two consecutive presidential elections tookRead More »

Guban View: President Bihi got it right for terminating the 30-year lease of Hargeisa Club Hotel

This week, the Bihi administration cancelled the 30- year lease of Mr. Said Yusuf Duale, a sub- clan leader, andRead More »

Guban View: Burco General Hospital mishandling of dead body is unacceptable 

During the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, the family and relatives of Mukhtar M. Ceelaabe from GabileyRead More »

World Health Organization puts politics above coronavirus fight in Somaliland

The communist Chinese government concealed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak; they were slow to share with the rest ofRead More »

Trump’s demagoguery has no place in America

I wrote this piece on August 17, 2016. Trump  does not believe in the integrity of our electoral process byRead More »

Guban View: Wadani should ‘stop whining’ and focus on winning the 2021 Somaliland legislative elections

The Wadani party is using a dispute over a member of the electoral commission as an excuse to not contestRead More »

Opinion:The dishonest Horncable TV, ‘fake news’, and aviation security in Somaliland

Lewis Center, Ohio—The Horncable TV (HCTV), an independent TV station, is waging a smear campaign against the safety of  theRead More »

Guban View: Dr Gaboose is a hypocrite and an apologist for Somalia

This week, after a long absence from the political scene, Dr Gaboose, a physician turned politician, held a press conferenceRead More »

Guban View: US losing influence to China in key Africa port

Lewis Center, Ohio—Since taking office, President Trump has taken tough actions on China’s trade abuses, but has kept blind eyeRead More »

Guban View: Ismail Omar Guellleh, the Djibouti dictator, is not Somaliland’s friend

Lewis Center, Ohio—-The little dictator of the tiny African state Djibouti, Ismail Omar Guelleh also known as IOG, is seekingRead More »

Guban View: Greedy private school owners are destroying Somaliland’s education system

Lewis Center, Ohio—Somaliland education system has come from a long way since the civil war in 1980’s when all learningRead More »

Somaliland Security: How a brazen radical 'Ictisaam" clerics took over the Burao city government

Lewis Center, Ohio—It’s a very rare in a male dominated and poverty stricken Somaliland for women to move head andRead More »

Guban View: Gen.Taani stands for Somaliland

Lewsi Center, Ohio—The time has come to stand up for Somaliland. President Bihi should not cave in the demands ofRead More »

Guban View: How Somaliland Ministry of Interior bullies the elected district councils

This week, Somaliland police arrested six councilors of the Gabiley district Council. They are being held at the headquarters ofRead More »

Guban View: Pandering to clan identity undermines democracy

Lewis Center, Ohio–Somaliland has a serious clan identity crisis.It was revealed during the 2017 presidential election result; some of the Read More »

Guban View: Do not let Wadani party hold Somaliland elections hostage with frivolous demands

After a long absence from the political scene, the Madasha group held a press briefing under a shaded tree somewhereRead More »

Let's remember those who are facing adversity during the Eid-al-Fitra celebration

June 4, 2019 ️Eid Mubarak☪️Shawal 1,1440 It’s that time of the year when we celebrate  Eid-al-fitr after the end of Ramadan—-aRead More »

Mr. Ramaah  must be brought to justice for inciting violence 

Lewis Center, Ohio—This week, in a poorly shot video,  Mr. Suleiman Ali  aka Ramaah, the former Sahel region governor duringRead More »

Guban View: Why we celebrate May 18

On a sunny Saturday on May 18, Somaliland people celebrated the 28th anniversary of our independence, with parades across theRead More »

The U.S. should not be a safe haven for accused war criminals like Somalia’s Col. Tukeh

Lewis Center, Ohio– Mr. Farhan Warfaa was a 17 year farmer when he was abducted. In December 1987, he andRead More »

Guban view: Professor Ahmed I. Samatar’s last gasp

Last week, a panel discussion was held in Hargeisa on whether to resume talks between Somaliland and Somalia. Inspire youthRead More »

Massacre grew from rise of white supremacy

This past Friday, a 28 years old Australian-born white supremacist mowed down 50 Muslim worshippers, including women and children atRead More »

Will Somaliland to be governed by the rule of law or by mob rule?

This week, in a video shot  in a low dim light room, a group of Arab sub-clan elders were advocatingRead More »

America's legacy as a nation of immigrants is under siege

On a rainy Wednesday in February, I was lucky enough to witness the naturalization ceremony for the newly minted AmericanRead More »

Bring US troops from Somalia quagmire now

President Donald Trump has declared his intent to withdraw US troops from Syria. He should also bring our troops outRead More »

The spectre haunting Ethiopia: Unbridled torture, impunity in Somali region

Last weekend, Ethiopian defense forces clashed with the notorious para-military Liyu police in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The fightingRead More »

Blatant Somalia apologist, Bashir Goth, wrong choice for Somaliland's representative in Washington DC

This week, President Bihi has  issued a directive appointing a Blatant Somalia apologist, a denier  of the war crimes thatRead More »

Somali Region of Ethiopia: PM Abiy Must Address the Culture of Impunity

Ethiopia is slowly moving in the right direction after the reformist PM Abiy Ahmed took power over 100 days ago.Read More »

Somaliland Must Be Free

The U.S. wastes blood and treasure propping up Somalia while denying its neighbor’s sovereign aspirations. Why? In 1991, following theRead More »

Ethiopia needs US, international intervention

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is wrapping up a visit to Chad, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Nigeria to talk withRead More »

Barbar song cheaters: Stealing from Somali creative artists

The hit “Barbar” song has amassed over two million views since hitting youtube in December, but the lyrics of the song wereRead More »

Bring Kenyan troops home from Somalia

  On January 15, 2016, Kenyans reacted with anger and horror  at the news that  al-Shabaab militants  had attacked KenyanRead More »

Somaliland is a beacon of democracy in an unstable region

  LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — In November, the voters of the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland in the volatile Horn of Africa region wentRead More »

Mogadishu mayor’s efforts in helping victims of violence against women show leadership

Lewis Center, Ohio–Last October, a member of the Puntland security forces shot Faiza Mohamed Abdi, 16, in the “pelvic area”Read More »

Time for Irro to congratulate and reach out to President-elect Bihi

On Tuesday, after a long delay, the National Electoral Commission (NEC) announced that Muse Bihi won the 2017 Presidential election.Read More »

Time for Irro to concede defeat and move on

Last week, the voters of the Republic of Somaliland went to the polls to elect a new President. A preliminaryRead More »

Muse Bihi is the right choice for President

Lewis Center, Ohio–Monday, November 13, the voters of Somaliland will go to the polls to elect new leader. It will beRead More »

President Trump must rethink his decision to escalate U.S. military involvement in Somalia

In January, the New York Times reported that the Trump transition team sent a four page series of questions to the StateRead More »

UAE military base in Somaliland is marred with secrecy and corruption

Last week, the Somaliland Parliament approved a plan for the United Arab Emirates to establish a military base in BerberaRead More »

Horn of Africa drought requires action, including in Somaliland: Ali Mohamed (Opinion)

The Horn of Africa region has been hit by one of its worst droughts in decades, affecting 20 million people. AccordingRead More »

Mobile money transfer transactions must be based on Somaliland shilling

Last week, the Silanyo administration issued a decree banning the use of Mobile money transfer services for less than $100Read More »

U.S. policy on Somalia ignores facts on the ground: Ali Mohamed

The Obama administration recently announced that the United States will appoint an ambassador to Somalia for the first time in two decades.Read More »

Delaying Somaliland’s Elections could undermine Country’s Fragile Democracy

There is a serious concern among many Somalilanders about the upcoming election that is scheduled on March 27, 2017, becauseRead More »

Why Speaker Erro Should Not Be President of Somaliland

The Somaliland voters will go to the polls to elect a new leader in March 2017. That leader must haveRead More »

China’s unfair Trade with Africa Undermines Governance

China is Africa’s leading business partner, with $220 billion trade, and the largest source of direct investment. While the tradeRead More »

Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia Require Congressional Action

Last week, Secretary John Kerry met with the foreign ministers of East African nations in Kenya to discuss the fightingRead More »

Ethiopia: it is time to stop the reign of terror of the Liyu Police

A U.S. financed para-military force known as the Liyu police are terrorizing the civilian population in the eastern Ethiopian SomaliRead More »

Why Colonel Bihi Should be Somaliland’s Next President

Next week, the ruling Kulmiye party will convene its national convention to choose the party’s 2017 presidential nominee. More thanRead More »

The Syrian refugees deserve compassion and humanity

The worst refugee crisis since World War II is looming in Europe. The majority of these refugees are from conflictRead More »

Cut U.S. aid to Ethiopia's despotic government: Ali Mohamed (Opinion)

President Barack Obama’s trip to Africa this month includes a stop in Ethiopia, the first time a sitting U.S. president hasRead More »

Flag of slavery has no place in society

On June 17,  Dylann Roof, 21 years old, white supremacist, killed nine African American men and women, in a bibleRead More »

United Nations Meddling Threatens Somaliland Sovereignty

By Ali Mohamed Lewis Center, Ohio—This week, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Kay, willRead More »

Somaliland: Dahabshil Group vs. Sahel Communities

Last week, a group of elders representing the Sahel Communities ( Dan iyo Duco) raised objection the permit for DahabshilRead More »

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