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Nimco Ali

OPINION - Somaliland is on the up thanks to Trump and Irro — we can't let Somalia and Turkey try to drag us down

Wadani party presidential candidate Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, also known as Irro, speaks during a press conference on November 10, 2024 - (AFP via Getty Images)

Today a small but globally strategic country, Somaliland, is inaugurating its sixth president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro”.

Somaliland has been in the news recently not just because it’s the only democracy in the Horn of Africa but also because it was one of only two African countries name checked in Donald Trump’s Project 2025.

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