Opinion
Independence Day is a day of myth and hallucination
African countries and its people celebrate annually to mark a day called Independence Day. It is the day that each African country respectively had e...
Read More »Journey remains unfinished:
The current state of our Somalia nation has been severely hampered by the quality of its office holders. We are displeased with it and have even relin...
Read More »Security Sector Reform in Somalia: A Disaster in the Making
Between 2013 and 2016, Somalia experienced the hype and disappointment of “Vision 2016,” metaphor for “political reform” that prioritized thre...
Read More »
A former Somali refugee warns: Trump’s travel ban is creating a more perfect division
When the Supreme Court decided to uphold President Trump’s travel ban on travelers from five Muslim-majority countries, Trump called the ruling, “...
Read More »How Not to Engage With Ethiopia
The new Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent visit in Mogadishu marked unlikely shift in the two countries’ relations. In a joint communiq...
Read More »Djibouti’s squandered independence
So, 41 years of freedom, respect for human dignity and development for the Djiboutian people? This is a relevant question today....
Read More »
How Ethiopia's peace offer caught Eritrea's regime by surprise
On June 5, Ethiopia announced it would fully accept and implement the 2000 Algiers Peace Accord that ended its border war with Eritrea....
Read More »Abiy Ahmed pulls off an astonishing turnaround for Ethiopia
SIX MONTHS ago, Ethiopia appeared trapped in a cycle of unrest, repression and more unrest. Stability in East Africa’s largest country, with a p...
Read More »Creating an enduring constitution for Somalia: a roadmap for the review process
The process of drafting a federal constitution for Somalia dates back to 2004 when a Federal Charter and a federal system of governance were adopted i...
Read More »Pathways for Peace: Reflections from Somalia
Earlier this spring, I was invited to participate in the launch of Pathways for Peace, an important study jointly developed by the UN and World Bank. ...
Read More »