Opinion
Is Social media eroding the Somali culture?
The Somali community has always lived true to its popular adage that it is an oral society that relies more on word of mouth. From the generation of y...
Read More »The vicious circle: injustice breeding insecurity
Injustice in all its forms endangers countries’ development and compromises people’s security. The absence of fair administration of justice effec...
Read More »What is the Somali Nationhood Agenda?
As a non-politically motivated outsider, I would characterize Somali politics as incoherently tribal andshort-sighted. Tribalism as a tool for oppress...
Read More »Victims of sexual violence against women in Somalia deserve justice
Last October, a member of the Puntland security forces shot Faiza Mohamed Abdi,16, in the “pelvic area” after she refused his sexual advances in t...
Read More »Christians don't have a Christmas monopoly on Jesus. Muslims honor him too.
In his first and only official visit to an American mosque, seven years into his presidency, former President Barack Obama articulated something Ameri...
Read More »Peace memorial garden for the victims of the terror attack at the Zope street junction
There are occasions when words cannot express emotional feelings. The car bomb attack at the Zope street junction in Mogadishu on 14 October 2017, wh...
Read More »Can President Farmajo Avert The Crisis?
Through a tumultuous first ten months as president of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is facing an ominous rumble of discontent driven by a mixture...
Read More »Somalis Need to Have a Candid Conversation About Mogadishu
There is an emerging consensus among Somalis that there cannot be political equality in Mogadishu as long as a group of elders and politicians claim t...
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