Opinion
London Conference stripped Somalia of its indivisibility, sovereignty and polity
The communiqué of February 23 Conference on Somalia, dominated by the International Contact Group (ICG) and the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast...
Read More »Gobannimo: Charting a new path toward conflict transformation in Somalia post London Conference
Statebuilding in Somalia has consistently been pursued via power-sharing arrangements without serious attempts at reconciliation of clans. But these e...
Read More »Somalia And The London Conference: The Wrong Route To Peace
At first I withheld judgment on the British government’s decision to hold a major international conference on Somalia. It was so good to hear the go...
Read More »David Cameron’s Welcome Colonial Arrogance
It was arrogance, sheer arrogance of colonial times; another British PM in the 21st century dictating his terms to a beleaguered African nation....
Read More »Somalia is a failed state but teaches African countries useful lessons
At long last, there is something on the horizon to assure us that the decades-long Somali crisis will be tackled to restore sanity to the Horn of Afri...
Read More »Getting Somalia back on its feet.
Yesterday Britain hosted a major international conference on Somalia, attended by headsof government and senior representatives from more than 50 coun...
Read More »Abdulkadir Utah: Remembering a true community leader
I write this obituary for a good friend, a fellow citizen and a colleague, who have done more for others and sacrificed his health for a cause worth d...
Read More »The Promise and Perils of the London Conference on Somalia
On February 8, 2012, British Government organised a consultation meeting with members of the Somali diaspora at Chatham House in London. The meeting w...
Read More »We must pull out foreign troops, give Somalia back to its people
The United Kingdom will host a conference on Somalia next week on February 23. I have also been invited to the UK to attend a conference on Somalia ne...
Read More »“London Conference on Somalia: fears and Expectations” a biased report from Aljazeera
On February 16th, 2012 The Aljazeera centre for media research published a report in its Arabic website that is misleading, superficial and lacks the ...
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