Somaliland president to make first official trip to Israel, will visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum
The President of Somaliland, H.E. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, will visit Yad Vashem on Sunday, June 14. The visit will include a guided tour of the Holocaust History Museum, the Children's Memorial, the Book of Names, and a memorial ceremony in the Hall of Remembrance.
Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan will accompany President Abdilahi throughout the visit
Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi will visit Israel tomorrow, during which he will open the country's embassy in Jerusalem.
The president will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Monday. Tomorrow, he will visit Herzl's Tomb, Yad Vashem, and meet with heads of economic organizations in Israel
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قال ممثل أرض الصومال في تايوان يوم الجمعة، خلال افتتاح مكتب جديد، إن أرض الصومال لها حق في اختيار علاقاتها بنفسها وإن الضغوط التي مارستها بكين ومقديشو لم تنجح في التأثير على صداقتها مع تايبه.
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From e-Visa to e-CTN, Mogadishu is running the same playbook to seize control of Berbera Port.
A new circular issued on 30/09/2025 is an aggressive attempt to tax all imports and exports and effectively take over the port. Disguised as a shipping regulation, it declares that the Electronic Cargo Tracking Number system is “mandatory for all cargo entering or leaving Somali ports” and applies “irrespective of their respective administrative arrangements.” This wording is a deliberate bid to impose hostile jurisdiction over Somaliland.
The circular goes further, threatening foreign carriers and freight forwarders with severe penalties for non-compliance, including “administrative fines,” “detention or seizure of cargo,” “suspension or revocation of port operating or agent licences,” and even “criminal prosecution.” The aim is to intimidate global shipping companies.
This mirrors the e-visa scandal: weaponising technical systems to entrap Somaliland. Once international carriers and insurers adopt a compliance rule, reversing it becomes extremely difficult. That is the danger.
To escalate the scheme, Hassan Sheikh has sent a lobbying delegation, led by Mohamed Ali Nur “Americo,” General Manager of Mogadishu Port, and Abdukadir Mohamed Nur, Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, to London to sell this narrative to the International Maritime Organisation, insurers, and major shipping lines.
Somaliland cannot be complacent. This must be exposed and rejected unequivocally. International carriers, insurers, DP World, and foreign governments must be informed immediately that Berbera Port operates under Somaliland law alone, and any attempt by Somalia to impose regulations on it is illegitimate and hostile.
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