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HOASR illustration of President Irro in Hargeisa with flag-waving crowds, alongside Trump at his Youngstown rally and Washington landmarks.

President Irro’s Homecoming Message: Advancing Recognition Abroad, Strengthening Unity and Progress at Home

husseinkahineducationalfoundation.org October 16, 2026
Illustration of Mohamed Ibrahim Egal showing the 1969 coup, imprisonment, family exile and Somaliland’s reconciliation and constitutional rebuilding.

Somaliland Should Not Be Penalized for Its Success: A family’s sacrifices and the unfinished promise of recognition

Ali Mohamed Ibrahim Egal October 14, 2026
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Meeting, a Rumour and a Diplomatic Trap: What Irro Must Clarify

husseinkahineducationalfoundation.org September 28, 2026
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud standing at a crossroads after his failed American mission as US support for Somalia weakens.

Sovereignty Without Confidence: Hassan Sheikh’s Failed American Mission

husseinkahineducationalfoundation.org September 27, 2026

Editorial Analysis

President Irro’s Homecoming Message: Advancing Recognition Abroad, Strengthening Unity and Progress at Home HOASR illustration of President Irro in Hargeisa with flag-waving crowds, alongside Trump at his Youngstown rally and Washington landmarks.

President Irro’s Homecoming Message: Advancing Recognition Abroad, Strengthening Unity and Progress at Home

October 16, 2026
Somaliland Should Not Be Penalized for Its Success: A family’s sacrifices and the unfinished promise of recognition Illustration of Mohamed Ibrahim Egal showing the 1969 coup, imprisonment, family exile and Somaliland’s reconciliation and constitutional rebuilding.

Somaliland Should Not Be Penalized for Its Success: A family’s sacrifices and the unfinished promise of recognition

October 14, 2026
Meeting, a Rumour and a Diplomatic Trap: What Irro Must Clarify 2ADDFAA9-BA83-4795-8669-3EBE999AC14D

Meeting, a Rumour and a Diplomatic Trap: What Irro Must Clarify

September 28, 2026
Sovereignty Without Confidence: Hassan Sheikh’s Failed American Mission Hassan Sheikh Mohamud standing at a crossroads after his failed American mission as US support for Somalia weakens.

Sovereignty Without Confidence: Hassan Sheikh’s Failed American Mission

September 27, 2026

Global Power Geopolitics

US vs China in the Red Sea: Why Somaliland has moved into the center of great power competition US vs China in the Red Sea

US vs China in the Red Sea: Why Somaliland has moved into the center of great power competition

September 17, 2026
From Cyprus to Berbera: Israel and Türkiye’s Expanding Contest for the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea Israel and Türkiye strategic rivalry from Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean to Berbera and the Red Sea

From Cyprus to Berbera: Israel and Türkiye’s Expanding Contest for the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea

September 3, 2026
The Pact, the Panic and the Counter-Pact: Why the Makkah agreement is already changing calculations before it has proved that it can change a battlefield   The Pact, The Panic And The Counter-Pact

The Pact, the Panic and the Counter-Pact: Why the Makkah agreement is already changing calculations before it has proved that it can change a battlefield  

August 12, 2026
What role does Somaliland play in the rapidly changing geopolitics of the Red Sea? HOASR Media Hub

What role does Somaliland play in the rapidly changing geopolitics of the Red Sea?

August 3, 2026
The Red Sea Alliance Race Meets Its Limits HOASR illustration linking the Makkah Pact, Ethiopia’s war, Somaliland’s Berbera port and Red Sea shipping security.

The Red Sea Alliance Race Meets Its Limits

October 28, 2026 0
Ships Return as the Horn Edges Toward Wider War Container ships approach Berbera port in a symbolic HOASR illustration contrasting recovering trade with rising military tensions in the Horn of Africa

Ships Return as the Horn Edges Toward Wider War

October 18, 2026 0
Ethiopia and the Widening Strategic Conflict in the Horn Ethiopia and the Widening Strategic Conflict in the Horn

Ethiopia and the Widening Strategic Conflict in the Horn

October 11, 2026
From Mayyun to Berbera: The Houthi Breakthrough Redrawing the Red Sea Map  HOASR geopolitical map showing Houthi-controlled Mayyun and Dhubab at Bab el-Mandeb, reported Iranian involvement, Djibouti and Berbera across the Gulf of Aden.

From Mayyun to Berbera: The Houthi Breakthrough Redrawing the Red Sea Map 

September 21, 2026
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