Opinion
London, Knife Crime Murders, No End in Sight, Why?
According to the Greater London Authority (the London Mayor’s Office) knife crime has been defined as an “offence of homicide, attempted murder, a...
Read More »IGAD: Reflections on a decade-long journey with Ethiopia
IGAD has transformed from an organization that merely focused on drought and disaster as it used to be during its inception in 1986 to that of dealing...
Read More »Shaqsiga Sannadka HOL ee 2019: Qoyska Elman
Dad aad u yar ayaa u hura naftooda ama ku bixiya qiimaha ugu sarreeya danta-guud ee qaranka ayada oo waliba lagu jiro xaalado aad u murugsan, marka ku...
Read More »2019 HOL Person of the Year: The Elman Family
Many individual Somali nationalists have contributed to the wellbeing of Somalis and Somali nation over the last few decades. Few families, however, h...
Read More »Somalia is Still in Search of a Unique Governance Model
To paraphrase the aptly titled book “Somalia: Nation in Search of a State” by David D. Laitin, Professor of Political Science at Stanford Univers...
Read More »Ten points for the FGS to ponder and consider in 2020
1. 2019 was a year of unnecessary political conflict; reconcile your differences with opposition groups and Federal Member States before others force ...
Read More »This month in History: the rebellion that had nearly missed to undo the precipitate union between the two States of Northern and Southern Somalia late 1961
The long sought, but unplanned and hastily executed union of the two former colonial territories, North and South, in 1960, raised almost insurmountab...
Read More »Qabiil Soomaaliyeed Yaan Loo Saarin Eed Dad Gaar Ah Leeyihiin
Waxaa nasiib darro iyo gaf weyn ah hadalka kasoo yeeray Madaxweynaha Koonfur Galbeed Soomaaliya ee uu ku dafirayo dadkii lagu laayay magaalada Baydhab...
Read More »Jeff Flake: The president is on trial. So are my Senate Republican colleagues.
It might not be fair, but none of the successes, achievements and triumphs you’ve had in public office — whatever bills you’ve passed, hearings ...
Read More »A Society Ravaged by Emotional Instability Instead The Rule of Law.
My conscious, as a result of my upbringings drives me to engage the discourse in my society, Somalia. Neither tribalism nor short gains at the expense...
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