Opinion
Occupy Somalia
The EU Naval Force made headlines this week by blasting a pirate base on Somali shores and pirate ships out of Somali waters. The well-publicized and ...
Read More »A tribute to my hero Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar
Hearing of the death of Dr. Abdishakur Sh. Ali Jowhar struck me as a thunderbolt out of the blue. At no time can one be prepared for death but at time...
Read More »Widespread Irregularities is Reported on the Selection of the Traditional Clan Elders
Media reports have indicated widespread irregularities on the selection of the traditional clan elders. I would like to briefly demonstrate and prove ...
Read More »How America Settles Down Somalia (And, By Extension the Piracy Problem)
Nice Washington Post story about how the U.S. is training Ugandan soldiers (along with some from Burundi, Sierra Leone and Djibouti) in Uganda on how ...
Read More »Why Hiil Qaran Party Will Not Have a Significant Impact on the Politics of Somalia
On Saturday, May 12th the weather in Minneapolis was exquisite. It was sunny and beautiful day. It was a day for spending outdoors; not a day to liste...
Read More »Somalia faces acid test ahead of new order
On a political path strewn with obstacles and dangers, Somalia stands at a new crossroads.The term of the current Transitional Federal Institutions en...
Read More »Somalia: Rescuing the process of transition
Sheikh Bashir Salad, the chairman of the Council of Religious Scholars of Somalia, has issued a statement criticising the content of and the process f...
Read More »Letter: Failure on pirates
As the union representing 23,000 maritime professionals, we read your report (Cuts force navy to drop Somalia pirate patrols, 9 May) with utter dismay...
Read More »Oil fuels chaos around the Horn of Africa
It is election time in many parts of Africa. Advocates will disappear or suddenly die mysteriously or are just murdered. A recent example is the West...
Read More »Draft Constitution challenges Somalia’s will for nationhood
The debate on the Constitution-Making Process in Somalia shifted to a perilous level after the international community demanded IGAD to submit the lis...
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