Opinion
Will Kulmiye, under Silanyo, live up to its Somali name: Re-uniting the Somali people?
Although Mr. Rayale, the former president of the secessionist regime in Somaliland, has yet to admit defeat gracefully, the newly elected president of...
Read More »Celebrating the independence days with mixed feelings
This month marks the 50th anniversary of Somalia’s independence from British and Italian rule and the unification of northern and southern regions, ...
Read More »US and Europe LET SOMALIA ALONE
Most Somalis, me included had high hopes for the current transitional government. We placed our hopes for the simple reason that the current president...
Read More »Do the Somali pirates have a secret superweapon?
As a sign of its continuing commitment to maintain the safety of traffic off the Horn of Africa, NATO recently announced that it was deploying a subma...
Read More »Elections and coming up bloodshed in North West Somalia
For the two decades, Mogadishu a pearl at the Indian Ocean achieved popularity as centre for massacring human being and the destruction of what the So...
Read More »Allies at odds over Somalia
The US and its main ally in the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia, are pursuing contradictory policies when it comes to dealing with Somalia's Islamist movemen...
Read More »Siad Barre’s Military Coup: 40 Years Later
Last October marked the 40th Anniversary of the military coup d’etat that brought the former ruler of the Somali Republic, the late Gen. Mohamed Sia...
Read More »The Genesis of Islamism in Somalia
Ever since the central government which was commanded by late Mohamed Ziyad Bare has collapsed, Somalia has been rightly pronounced as a failed stat...
Read More »Death to Anyone who Watches the World Cup!
Can you believe that watching a World Cup match could cost you your life? This is not a joke, and as appalling as it might seem there are some people ...
Read More »Canada’s World Cup dreams may start here
Abirahim Ali-rage knows the power of soccer. He grew up in Somalia surrounded by crime, poverty and violence. Urged on by his siblings, he played the ...
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