Opinion
Somaliland and the Union of Islamic Courts’ peculiar relationship
The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) were defeated and chased from their last stronghold in Mogadishu in December 2006. Except for few remnants engaged i...
Read More »Once Upon a Time in Somalia
My first trip to Somalia was as a young European Commission official accompanying my director general for development in 1976 on a mission to see Pres...
Read More »Somaliland: `I was a good Gestapo’ says Minister
When government Ministers in most of the world call press conferences they are usually trying to publicise a new policy; spin undesirable news or just...
Read More »To examine the root cause of recent escalations in Hiiraan, one needs to look at the big picture.
As a Hiiraanian myself, I am deeply worried about the recurring violence that our beloved region and our country in general has been experiencing late...
Read More »Ra’iisul Wasaare Nuur Cadde iyo Sheekh Shariif: Laba Shakhsi oo u Muuqda in ay Soomaaliya Nabad ka Dhalin Karaan
Qormadeennii ugu danbeysey ee ciwaankeedu ahaa Nabad ku soo Dabbaalidda Soomaaliya, waxaan tilmaannay, “Dhinacyada ugu muhiimsan ee siyaasadda dalk...
Read More »Is Beled-Weyne the coming new nightmare for traumatised Nation?
As far as I can remember, there are two things which gave Beled-Weyne the regional city in central Somalia a popularity which Somalis associate with t...
Read More »Somalia: The Need for a Popular Culture
The recovery and progress of the Somali nation will depend on the development of a popular culture. To survive and continue to function, every nation ...
Read More »PM Nur "Adde" & Sheikh Sharif: Potential Somalia Peacemakers
In our last editorial, Ushering Peace in Somalia, we wrote, "Ours is a country the two most important political actors – the TFG and the Alliance (t...
Read More »The inconvenient truth about immigration: Rageh Omaar asks was Enoch Powell right?
On the afternoon of April 20, 1968, when Conservative MP Enoch Powell was making the most provocative and notorious speech in the history of race rela...
Read More »Defend Las Anod
We, Awdal Sool and Sanaag Coalition Against Secession (ASSCàS), condemn and consider the occupation of Las Anod, the capital of Sool, by the Hargeisa...
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