Opinion

Today in History: 21 October 1969

OCT 21, 2019

On the morning of 21 October 1969, Somalis still unable to come to terms with the brutal killing of their beloved Head of State, on October 15, woke u...

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Bridging Loan for Somalia’s WB Debt Relief Via Norway

OCT 18, 2019

Somalia’s PM and Finance Minister are in Washington today for the WB/IMF Annual meeting. This is not the first time Somali delegation attends this y...

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The opposition political class is failing Somalia again: Somalia Deserves Better

OCT 14, 2019

Following Kenya’s infringement of Somalia’s territorial integrity after it deliberately breached directives from the Somali government instructing...

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IMF Flawed Approach to Somalia Masks Deep Governance Failure

OCT 14, 2019

Somalia, after 20 years of statebuilding efforts, is precipitously descending again into deep civil strife because of autocratic, corrupt, incompetent...

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The propaganda war against Turkey is doomed to fail

OCT 14, 2019

Arab governments criticising Turkey's operation in northeastern Syria don't have a leg to stand on....

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Fursaddii Dahabiga ahayd ee ka dhuntay Soomaaliya!

OCT 12, 2019

Maxay ka dhigan tahay abaalmarinta Nobel Peace Prize (Oslo, Norway) ee Ra'iisal Wasaaraha Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed ku guulaystay?...

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March 1969 Parliamentary Elections - The Elections that paved the way for the Military Coup d’état in 1969

OCT 10, 2019

“Politics in the Horn, like the politics of industrial societies, consist of competing among groups for influence in the management of public affair...

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Isku Dheeltirka Xilka, Darajada iyo Aqoonta - Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed (XDS)

OCT 10, 2019

Inta aanan dulucda qoraalka gudagalin waxaan qaab hordhac (arar) kooban oo qodobeysan u dulmarayaa waajibaadka Hay’adaha ugu sareeya Difaaca Qaranka...

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CAN SOMALIA HOLD ITS GROUND?

SEP 30, 2019

On July 22, 2019, a report by the New York Times published a stunning new revelation of two rival Gulf states trading guns, cash, and profit in Puntl...

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District Council Formation from Nomination to Election – A bottom-up Approach

SEP 29, 2019

Somalia adopted ragtag federalism after the complete collapse of its unitary State in 1991. Since then the Federal Government vested considerable exer...

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