Opinion

A Response to Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar

A Response to Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar

NOV 25, 2022

Professor Abdi Ismail Samatar's opinion piece 'Somalia's strategy for the war against al-Shabaab will condemn the country to perpetual hell' in the Da...

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Khat Trade: Kenya’s political antics on Somalia continues

Khat Trade: Kenya’s political antics on Somalia continues

NOV 25, 2022

Throughout my campaign for a khat ban across Somalia, I have learnt that this has always been a complex struggle involving societal change, bilateral ...

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Start Building Somali’s economic muscles to avert recurring food insecurity

Start Building Somali’s economic muscles to avert recurring food insecurity

NOV 24, 2022

Most vulnerable are receiving end of manmade difficult -on the report of FSNAU September 2022 It is unfortunate nearly 6.7 million people are facing ...

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Haitian diplomat who openly defied his government to support the Somali cause at the UN

Haitian diplomat who openly defied his government to support the Somali cause at the UN

NOV 23, 2022

The name of Emile Saint-Lot, the Haitian Diplomat at the United Nations, came to the fore in 1949, when he broke ranks with the Latin American delegat...

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Sideed wax u qortaa?

Sideed wax u qortaa?

NOV 22, 2022

Mararka qaar naftu ma ku dirtaa oo wax qor ma ku tidhaa. Garashadaada ma carisaa oo muuqaal maskaxeedyo ma isku dubarridaa. Ma moodaa in rabitaan xoog...

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The State of Governance in Somalia

The State of Governance in Somalia

NOV 22, 2022

Governance is defined as a collective meaning of concepts of state, government, regime, and good government. It is a process whereby elected individua...

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Time Somaliland picked lessons from Somalia

Time Somaliland picked lessons from Somalia

NOV 19, 2022

Perhaps you are aware of the current political tension in Somaliland where the opposition parties have rejected President Muse Bihi’s term extension...

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Getting a grip on Somalia's gold rush in Milxo

Getting a grip on Somalia's gold rush in Milxo

NOV 19, 2022

As Al-Shabaab and Islamic State expand in Somalia, a growing artisanal gold mining practice has become a key target for their Zakaawat (taxation) oper...

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Climate finance must be flexible for Somalia

Climate finance must be flexible for Somalia

NOV 17, 2022

Somalia is living on the front lines of climate change. Climate-related hazards have tripled since 1990. Since then, the county has experienced 31 dr...

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Don't neglect the true Minnesota food fraud victims — hungry kids

Don't neglect the true Minnesota food fraud victims — hungry kids

NOV 16, 2022

The alleged $250 million fraud by Feeding Our Future through a federally funded food program has been widely covered in the media. This crime is appal...

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