Opinion
WFP's Zero Option for Reform
The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has been exacerbated by drought, famine, protracted war and inflation. It has been extensively described in the wid...
Read More »Letter to the members of the Somali Diaspora (No. 23)
1. The news from your home country is often a mixed bag but as always I would rather look on the positive side – never or rarely reported - and see ...
Read More »Fadeexado diblomaasiyadeed oo hareeyey booqashadii Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ee Guriga Downing Street
Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa toddobaadkan socdaal ku yimid magaalada London. Booqashada Madaxweynaha ayaa, marka laga eego...
Read More »Somaliland Vs. Somalia: A reassessment of the fundamentals
What is to come of the next Somaliland elections? If our good friend, the Somali version of Mr. Ten Percent Man, is to rig the next election and claim...
Read More »Putting surviving members of the defunct Somali Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) on Trial
Two seemingly unrelated events have caught my attention in the last few days; the US Supreme Court hearing on the Ali Samatar torture case and two rev...
Read More »Women Are a Force to Produce
8 March is the International Women Day but for Somali women it is a day speak about attrocities and pain and look forward to ways and means to liberat...
Read More »Somalia is not a failed state
A little over a year ago, I was elected president of a country that many consider the most dangerous in the world. Over the last 20 years, Somalia has...
Read More »Eradicating cultural identities – the “Islamists” way!
For sometime, “Islamist” groups in Somalia have been committing what can only be described as an act of cultural vandalism. It is now a publicly k...
Read More »Somalia spots again new cycle of bloodshed
A New York Times report today disclosed that Somali government forces, with the help of the US drones, is planning a major offensive to take back the ...
Read More »Writing Responsibilities Redefined
Dear reader, before you and I redefine together the writing responsibilities, allow me to highlight a scholarly dialogue between me and my former prof...
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