Inside Somaliland: How Berbera Port is central to the Red Sea's power struggle

Inside Somaliland: How Berbera Port is central to the Red Sea's power struggle Submitted by Sean Mathews on Tue, 08/11/2026 - 17:59 DP World's investment in Berbera has been hamstrung by regional politics, but the UAE is deepening its military footprint in the historic entrepot A general view at dusk of Berbera Port, the official seaport of Berbera, the commercial capital of Somaliland, on 18 February 2026 (Tony Karumba/AFP) Off Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi"Berbera is the heart of Somaliland," Jama Mohamed Ahmed