Opinion

WFP's Zero Option for Reform

MAR 12, 2010

The humanitarian crisis in Somalia has been exacerbated by drought, famine, protracted war and inflation. It has been extensively described in the wid...

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Letter to the members of the Somali Diaspora (No. 23)

MAR 11, 2010

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 ...

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Fadeexado diblomaasiyadeed oo hareeyey booqashadii Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ee Guriga Downing Street

MAR 11, 2010

Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa toddobaadkan socdaal ku yimid magaalada London. Booqashada Madaxweynaha ayaa, marka laga eego...

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Somaliland Vs. Somalia: A reassessment of the fundamentals

MAR 10, 2010

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...

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Putting surviving members of the defunct Somali Supreme Revolutionary Council (SRC) on Trial

MAR 09, 2010

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...

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Women Are a Force to Produce

MAR 07, 2010

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...

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Somalia is not a failed state

MAR 07, 2010

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...

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Eradicating cultural identities – the “Islamists” way!

MAR 07, 2010

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...

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Somalia spots again new cycle of bloodshed

MAR 07, 2010

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 ...

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Writing Responsibilities Redefined

MAR 06, 2010

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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