Opinion
The End of Al-Shabaab in Somalia
The abhorrent terrorist attack on October 4th, 2011 against Mogadishu students signals the end of Al-Shabaab terrorists....
Read More »Somalia’s Famine: A Multi-dimensional Catastrophe
For the last several months, the media has intensively propagated the news on the famine in Somalia. To emphasise the existence of such a famine, hi...
Read More »Filinkii la Qariyay
Qol ayuu hoosta ka soo xirtay. Magaciisu waa Shiikh Halaage. Wuxuu ka mid yahay madaxda ururka Habaarane. Waxa uu shitay kaamiro wax lagu duubo...
Read More »Mogadishu Bombing Delivers a Slap to Turkey
The truck bomb attack that killed more than 100 people in Mogadishu on Tuesday was a not entirely unfamiliar horror for the residents of a city locked...
Read More »Somali militia destroyed their land; now they’re doing the same to ours
Somali pirates are killing Kenya, one tourist at a time. Hotels have closed, guests evacuated, bookings cancelled. Yet tourism is Kenya’s life-blood...
Read More »An act of desperation by Al-Shabaab
Suicide car-bombing is a frightening new phenomenon that has instilled fear in the hearts and minds of many Somalis who feel confused because it has n...
Read More »Halaaga ka dhacay Soomaaliya oo ay dhalintii mustaqbalku ku hoobteen (FAALLO)
Soomaaliya oo ah waddan soo maray dhibaatooyin lixaad leh oo ay ugu horreysay qaran jabkii dhacay 1991-kii oo keenay in ummada Soomaaliyeed ay ku kal...
Read More »World must act fast on Somalia
ON return to Somalia for my second tour of duty in April this year, I did notice one basic truth; much had changed. I had been to Somalia in 2007 as p...
Read More »The Balkanization of Somalia
The debacle of the East Africa famine once again hit the international media in summer 2011. Television reports showed the emaciated faces of children...
Read More »Making it Big—A Somalia Writer Tells Her Father’s Story
“I’m my father’s griot, this is a hymn to him. I am telling you this story so that I can turn my father’s blood and bones, and whatever magic ...
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