Opinion
Mogadishu needs robust support to reclaim its lost glory
Recently, I was moved from Ministry of Information in the Somali Federal Government where I served as a Minister for Information, Culture & Tourism to...
Read More »Somali Region: A Call to Action
For more than two decades, Ethiopia is governed by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition consisting of four maj...
Read More »The need to automate revenue collection in Somalia
The objective of this policy paper is to advise the Ministry of Finance, Federal Government of Somalia on the current constraints to domestic revenue ...
Read More »As Abdoul Abdi’s parent, Canada is guilty of child neglect
Before last year, an immigrant child could not apply for Canadian citizenship. Their legal guardian had to do it for them. Abdoul Abdi has been here s...
Read More »Logistics at the Edge of the Empire: US Army Logistics Trainers in Somalia
Twenty-Four Soldiers from 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) were deployed to Mogadishu, ...
Read More »Kenya’s Democracy is at a Crossroads
Kenya is special. As diplomats living here, we see and admire daily the determination and creativity of the Kenyan people; the energy and innovation o...
Read More »Somaliland: Gang Violence Threatens Hargeisa Security
I would like to enlighten the increasing gangs in Hargiesa city, the worsening of the Security and it is impact on the people living in the city....
Read More »The plight of Somalia's Youth
For More than a quarter of a century the state of Somalia is experiencing a protracted conflict, this prolonged conflict which lasted for a generation...
Read More »A lesson from one of ‘those’ African countries
U.S. President Donald Trump's appalling reference to states in Africa and elsewhere as "shithole" countries earned him well-deserved condemnation. Des...
Read More »When Laws Against Rape Aren’t Enough
GALKAYO, Somalia — In late 2016, the semiautonomous Puntland region of northeastern Somalia passed a landmark sexual-offenses law to widespread inte...
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