DISPATCHES Vol 66 No 16 | UNITED STATESSOMALILAND Secessionist leader Irro tempts Trump with minerals for recognition 4th August 2025 Hargeisa is also offering the US a Red Sea military base Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mahamed Abdullahi Irro is the latest African leader to appeal to US President Donald Trump’s transactional instincts by offering Washington a military base on the... READ FOR FREE