Berbera is attracting interest due to its strategic location at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. Satellite images ...

- Brendon Cannon is Assistant Professor at Khalifa University’s Institute of International and Civil Security (IICS), Abu Dhabi, UAE. Dr. Cannon’s academic specializations are in the changing balance ...

Israel’s recent recognition of Somaliland’s independence has been hailed by many Israeli commentators as a stroke of geopolitical genius. Certainly, at first glance, it would be hard to argue with ...

A major military construction project is underway at Berbera airport in Somaliland, according to a report by French daily Le Monde, which said the facility is being converted from a civilian airport ...

For decades, the Horn of Africa has been defined by a fragile economic equilibrium: landlocked Ethiopia relies on Djibouti for over 95% of its maritime trade, while Djibouti converts this monopoly ...

BERBERA, SOMALILAND—The storied Berbera International Airport is open and ready for operation. Prior to the 1960s, it was a major British station. In the mid-1970s, the Soviet Union built the airfield ...

Berbera port consumes a lot of energy while most city dwellers lack affordable electricity. ED RAM/AFP via Getty Images Somaliland’s main port, at the city of Berbera, accounted for two-thirds of the ...

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Djibouti’s port is the main transit point for imports to and exports from Ethiopia, but the government in Addis Ababa wants to diversify its options. Somaliland, an unrecognised breakaway region of ...

With its stretches of wasteland covered with rubbish and dotted with rubble and ruined buildings, its scruffy vendors' shacks and broiling heat, the coastal town of Berbera is no beauty spot. A former ...