Emirati company has begun the second phase of the ‘Green Berbera Vision’ in Somaliland.
The project aims to gradually replace diesel power with solar energy and storage systems. Once completed, it will provide clean electricity to around 95,000 homes annually — and push the Berbera economic zone toward 100% renewable energy.
Another quiet but powerful step from the UAE in Africa.”
Thanks to @JulianPecquet@TheAfricaReport for sharing my comments on State Department's huge missed opportunity in report to Congress on potential areas for increasing engagement with Somaliland. It's refreshing that I no longer have to be "diplomatic."
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@nomadheritage The US report is blah blah bureaucratic nonsense and written to check the box of the congressional requirement. It is an insult to Congress, Somaliland, and any intelligent analysis of how much closer relations could benefit both Somaliland and the US. A total waste!
When Israel made the historic decision late last year to recognize Somaliland, it did something few nations are willing to do: it acted on principle and strategic interest rather than diplomatic convention.
After more than three decades in which Somaliland has maintained its own institutions, elections, security forces, and governing structures – including multiple competitive presidential elections with peaceful transfers of power – Israel became the first country to acknowledge Somaliland’s claim to sovereign statehood.
That decision mattered.
But recognition alone is not enough.
Now comes the harder part: turning a symbolic breakthrough into diplomatic momentum.
If Israel truly believes Somaliland deserves a seat among the family of nations, then it cannot stop at the bilateral opening of embassies and exchange of ambassadors. Jerusalem should actively use its diplomatic influence – particularly in the United States, as well as with Ethiopia – to persuade others to follow suit.
Because if Israel does not help to translate recognition into broader diplomatic engagement, it risks allowing a historic initiative to remain isolated rather than transformative.
This is not merely about Somaliland. It is about whether Israel can demonstrate that it possesses the capacity to assist its friends and shape outcomes.
Michael Fruend, Jerusalem Post
Opinion: Recognizing Somaliland is not enough. Israel can't stop with the opening of embassies and exchange of ambassadors; it has to turn a symbolic breakthrough into diplomatic momentum.
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The case for recognising Somaliland is strong on its own terms. Democratic. Stable. Self governing for 35 years. The Red Sea argument just made it stronger. But African sovereignty should not need a American strategic crisis to become legible to the world. Somaliland deserved this in 1991. The fact that it took Iran closing Hormuz to get here is the part worth sitting with.
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Iran and its Houthi terror proxies are suddenly staring across the Red Sea at a problem they can’t intimidate away: Somaliland. America needs Somaliland, and Somaliland needs America to formally recognize it as a sovereign nation. A pro-US ally sitting at the gateway of global shipping lanes would be a geopolitical earthquake for Tehran.
Source: @FoxNews
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