Opinion
How Somalia’s MFA Can Pull the Country Out of Poverty
Somalia doesn’t need a miracle; it needs an operating system that turns access into income. The ministry best placed to install it is Foreign Affair...
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When Silence Becomes the Answer!
When The Copenhagen Post published my story about being denied a Danish student residence permit despite being awarded a fully funded Erasmus Mundus s...
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SHAQO LA’AANTA DHALLINYARADA SOOMAALIYEED IYO SHAQAALEYSIINTA AJAANIBTA: CADDAALAD-DARRO QARAN IYO KHATAR MUSTAQBALEED
Shaqo la’aanta dhallinyarada Soomaaliyeed waa mid ka mid ah mushkiladaha ugu waaweyn ee hortaagan horumarka dalka. Iyadoo boqolkiiba ka badan 70% bu...
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How TikTok’s algorithmic bias is transforming Somali identity
In a recent research project I undertook, I discovered that TikTok is amplifying clannism and reshaping Somali identity politics by fueling conflicts ...
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Do we need 999 representatives, 8 presidents, 6 vice presidents, 1 prime minister, 2 deputies and 454 ministers?
The Federal Republic of Somalia has long struggled to establish a unified and accountable system of governance. However, when one closely examines the...
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Borame: The City of Firsts
I must begin with an admission: the phrase “the city of firsts” is borrowed from the great poet and writer, Ambassador Bashir Goth, now Somaliland...
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How President Ismail Omar Guelleh Rescued Somalia from a Bottomless Abyss
The 2000 Arta peace process held in Djibouti, is hailed as a milestone event for it laid the foundation for a new political dispensation in Somalia. U...
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Dhallinyaradu waa in ay silsiladaha iska furaan, oo awooddooda la soo baxaan
Dhallinyaradii way ka aaminbaxeen dawladda, waxayna dareensan yihiin in codkoodu aanu qiime ku fadhiyin oo riyadooda aan la rumaynin. Haldoorkii siya...
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From Words to Waves: How Bookoob Is Reimagining Learning for Somalis Everywhere
A new digital wave of learning is sweeping across Somali communities worldwide — and it started quietly with one idea. Bookoob, the audiobook-summar...
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