Opinion

U.S. Special Representative for Somalia's Speech in Columbus, OHIO

NOV 12, 2011

I’m pleased to have the opportunity to speak with you tonight in Columbus -- a city that is one of the most important centers of the Somali diaspora...

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Pledge: It’s for a purpose

NOV 08, 2011

On October 1st 2011, five students were invited to a local fundraiser in Northern Virginia held for the famine victims in East Africa. Disappointed w...

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A thousand fatwas for Somalia's al-Shabaab

NOV 05, 2011

A truck bombing by the Somali jihadist group al-Shabaab that killed more than 100 people in Mogadishu last month – an attack that targeted students ...

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Kenya ma ku guulaysan doontaa hawlgalkeeda Soomaaliya, xageese ku dambaysay diidmadii Shiekh Shariif

NOV 04, 2011

Faragalinya ay Kenya ku samaysay Soomaaliya, waa mid ay Soomaalidu ku kala qaybsameen fikir ahaan, iyadoo ay qaar taageersanyihiin in wax walba oo Sh...

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Pain of being a Kenyan Somali

NOV 04, 2011

Ethnic stereotypes are not necessarily a bad thing — it is one thing to be stereotyped as liking the good life, dressing well, wearing the latest Ar...

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An Open Letter to: The People of Southern Somalia; the Somali people in general;

NOV 03, 2011

Drought- affected people in the Horn of Africa; the International community and World Citizens; Intergovernmental Authority of Development; African Un...

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Kenya: War on Somalia Unwinnable

NOV 03, 2011

It was a telling moment Kenyan leaders will sit with the Somali prime minister weeks after the invasion of Somalia to come up with gobbledygook face-s...

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UN & NGOs: Aiding Somalia or escalating the conflict

NOV 02, 2011

Corruption is an elusive concept because what may be corruption in one society may not be seen to be so in another society due to its inconspicuous na...

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Kenya's blundering mission in Somalia

NOV 02, 2011

Kenya's surprisingly brave march into southern Somalia, which began in mid-October, brings to mind the analogy of Kenya as a clumsy, overgrown, weak-m...

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History Repeats Itself with Somalia Invasion

OCT 31, 2011

Kenya’s ill-advised incursion into Somalia on Oct. 16 after a rash of kidnappings in the tourist paradise of Lamu will most likely lead to a long an...

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