Opinion

Somalia: the Ethiopian occupation, the reconciliation pipedream, and the way forward

JUL 16, 2007

For some everything that could go wrong for Somalia has came to pass, for others, considering how rapidly Mogadishu is turning into Baghdad, the worst...

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Ali Mahdi for Nobel Peace Prize!

JUL 13, 2007

Lately it became a Somali tradition not to trust our so called Somali politicians and disregard their messages, even at times when they are at their b...

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Somalia: the Ethiopian occupation, the reconciliation pipedream, and the way forward

JUL 13, 2007

For some everything that could go wrong for Somalia has came to pass, for others, considering how rapidly Mogadishu is turning into Baghdad, the worst...

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Comments on today's BBC news

JUL 13, 2007

According to BBC News today, Wednesday 11 July 2007, an international delegation led by the European representative for Somalia visited Mogadishu. Un...

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The UN is Only Watching Not Intervening

JUL 11, 2007

Though I have never lost my father I still regard myself as an orphan. I am a victim of a chronic neglect, my name is Somalia, I am a lover of peace b...

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Zenawi and the Occupation of Somalia: History Will Prove Him Wrong

JUL 10, 2007

Learning from the past is a wise thing to do when dealing with the present events. Reasons for this are many and it’s a self-evident. But for clarit...

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Commemoration of a Somali Peace Activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali

JUL 09, 2007

Meanwhile, we have been in a bloody Somali civil war and regional conflict for nearly 20 years. We are responsible for all the victims of this madness...

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The myth of U.S. 'humanitarian' intervention in Africa

JUL 05, 2007

People in the United States have been told that there is a "genocide" happening in the Darfur region of Sudan. We never hear much else about Sudan or ...

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Failure of transitional government increases support for Islamic Courts

JUL 05, 2007

It sounds strange, but even the highly secular western media now admit that the people of Somalia "yearn" for the return of the Islamic Courts Union, ...

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Somalis: The Trouble with This Homogenous Society

JUL 05, 2007

Homogeneity cannot salvage and bind a helpless society together when tribalism, lack of nationalism and dictatorship attitudes undermine every effort ...

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