Opinion
Let’s Focus Who Should Win the Somali Presidency? Not Who Can Win
The political discourse on Somalia tends to concentrate on the question of who can win the coming presidential election, since the field is populated ...
Read More »The two Somali Olympians…. A symbol of hope for the Somali Youth
As I watched the Somali Olympic team land at Heathrow International Airport in London, I had a mixed emotion of what this moment means to millions of ...
Read More »Who Will Protect Somalia’s Energy Resources?
This is probably the first question that came into the minds of sensible Somalis around the world as soon as we heard oil drilling would begin in the ...
Read More »“What's in it for me?”
With barely a month to go before Somalia exits thetransitional federal government system, set to expire on August 20this plagued by embarrassment and ...
Read More »The Genesis of Somalia Conflict
The value of anything is appreciated when it’s lost. For sometime the Somalis took the rule of law and equality before the law for granted. What fol...
Read More »The final draft constitution and the fate of Mogadishu and south-central Somalia.
The Independent Federal Constitution Commission, IFCC, was tasked by Transitional Federal Institutions, TFIs, to draft a constitution for Somalia [1];...
Read More »Rising Divorce among Somalis is a Cause for concern
It is very rare to find a Somali home that is not directly and indirectly touched by the trauma of divorce. We are now witnessing rising divorce rates...
Read More »Dood Qaran Qaybtii Afraad (IV)
Akhriste qaab qoraalkaan waxuu u sameysanyahay sidii riwaayad haseyeeshee wuxu ku saleysanyahay dood qaran oo muujineysa xaaladdaa Soomaaliya, wuxuuna...
Read More »Post-Transitional Political Fault Lines
Internally—where it matters the most—the overall status of a government is judged by how the average citizen perceives it. From that perspective, ...
Read More »Transforming our politics beyond sub-clan rivalry
Like conflicts and wars elsewhere, rivalry is at the heart of both the collapse of the state and its continuing fragility in Somalia. The Daarood-Hawi...
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