Opinion
Somalia’s Elections, Pres. Farmaajo Has Eaten More than He Can Chew
As an outside observer on the tumultuous events surrounding the Somali elections, I cannot help but remember a time I was served my favourite meal and...
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The Consequences of President Farmajo's Two-Year Term Extension
A new dawn embarked for Somalis today after thirty years of the collapse of the Siad Barre regime that grabbed power from the people of Somalia in 196...
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Shirkaddaha Soomaaliyeed waa inay xiriirradooda diiradda ku saaraan SAAMEYNTA ay bulshada ku leeyihiin
Ganacsiyada Soomaaliyeed waxay kaalin weyn ka qaateen, walina ay kaga jiraan dib u soo kabashada dalka. Ganacsiyada gaarka loo leeyahay ee Soomaaliya ...
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Africa: Cold-War lessons
We are moving towards a multipolar world. With competing global powers and increasing regionalism and nationalism, uncertainty is poised to dominate w...
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The West’s Obsession With ‘Good Refugees’ Is Bad Policy
Ty McCormick’s Beyond the Sand and Sea is a heart-wrenching story that chronicles the life of a Somali family trapped in a seemingly endless state o...
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A year of restrictions: Opportunity for reflection
Last year late February, I was traveling to Hargeisa from Nairobi via Addis Ababa. It was weeks before World Health Organization declared COVID-19, a ...
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Painful but healthy: There is a need for a narrative change - Abdirashid Janna’s Agreement!
Abdirashid Janna’s rejoinder of the Somali government, and the overall accord covering this issue, was a necessity to achieve some kind of diffusing...
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The world has a vested interest in Somalia. Will it act to stop its collapse?
Frantz Fanon once quipped: “Africa is shaped like a revolver, and Congo is the trigger.” More than 60 years later, I think the French philosopher�...
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Barkhad Batuun: A Man on A Mission!
Immense socio-economic and political challenges anywhere produce, more often than not, a new wave of political thoughts and the people to turn them to...
Read More »The Controversy over the 2009 MoU between Kenya and Somalia decided by the ICJ
In the maritime boundary dispute case between Kenya and Somalia, the International Court of Justice held: “the Memorandum of Understanding between S...
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