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

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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

hornofafricastrategicreview.com September 27, 2026 0
HOASR infographic connecting Washington with Somaliland and Berbera through diplomacy, trade and maritime security.

Washington Has a Somaliland Option

hornofafricastrategicreview.com September 24, 2026
New-Ethiopia-Somaliland-MoU-Partnership

Ethiopia’s Sea Ambition Needs a Partner, not a Pressure Campaign

Prof. Nassir Hussein Kahin August 27, 2026

Editorial Analysis

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 0
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 0
Washington Has a Somaliland Option HOASR infographic connecting Washington with Somaliland and Berbera through diplomacy, trade and maritime security.

Washington Has a Somaliland Option

September 24, 2026
Ethiopia’s Sea Ambition Needs a Partner, not a Pressure Campaign New-Ethiopia-Somaliland-MoU-Partnership

Ethiopia’s Sea Ambition Needs a Partner, not a Pressure Campaign

August 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
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
Ethiopia’s Sea Ambition Needs a Partner, not a Pressure Campaign New-Ethiopia-Somaliland-MoU-Partnership

Ethiopia’s Sea Ambition Needs a Partner, not a Pressure Campaign

August 27, 2026
The Geography Riyadh Ignored: How Saudi Arabia’s Somaliland Blind Spot Deepened Its Red Sea Vulnerability Saudi tanker facing Houthi attacks across the Red Sea from Berbera Port and Somaliland, illustrating Saudi Arabia’s strategic failure to engage Somaliland.

The Geography Riyadh Ignored: How Saudi Arabia’s Somaliland Blind Spot Deepened Its Red Sea Vulnerability

August 8, 2026
From Yerevan To Berbera: Could Armenia Join A New Red Sea Axis? Can a landlocked Armenia become a strategic actor in the Red Sea?

From Yerevan To Berbera: Could Armenia Join A New Red Sea Axis?

August 2, 2026 1
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