Opinion

Somali Diasporas call upon the UN and the UN Security Council to Stop Ethiopia’s Aggression and Meddling in the Internal Affairs of Somalia

MAR 15, 2011

We, the undersigned members of Concerned Somalis in the Diaspora, are deeply dismayed by the international community’s indifferences to the unfetter...

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Building an Insurgent State in Somalia?

MAR 15, 2011

The Somali insurgent movement Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Movement of Warrior-Youth) has controlled nearly all of southern and central Somalia s...

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Extension of TFP Term of Office Would Maintain the Status Quo

MAR 14, 2011

The recently announced extension of the term of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) for further 3 years is illegitimate (according to Transition...

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Sh. Omar Faaruuq: A Remembrance

MAR 13, 2011

Sheikh Cumar Faarooq is laid to rest in Saudi Arabia, may Allah shower his mercy upon him and grant him Jannah. Amen. Without doubt, Sheikh Cumar Faa...

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The Libyan crisis through the lenses of the Somali civil war

MAR 12, 2011

As you read this article, Libya is being torn apart by what seems like a looming civil war. This huge country is disintegrating into fiefdoms where an...

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In praise of Somali women: A poem in honour of international women's day

MAR 12, 2011

While her brothers are away playing She helps her mother While her brothers prepare to eat...

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A tale of two Shabab movements: Egyptian and Somali

MAR 08, 2011

As I watched the youth-driven upheavals that have awoken the comatose Arab people into action to reclaim their dignity and their freedom, I could not ...

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Somalia: Beyond August, 2011

MAR 08, 2011

With prospect of a genuine alternative looks pretty precarious – or murkier than ever--, within only six months or so, in August this year to be pre...

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Stopping Piracy, A Better Way

MAR 08, 2011

It is clear anti-piracy navies patrolling the Indian Ocean failed their core mission in putting a stop to Somali pirates as the recent killing of four...

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Somali pirates make a blood-red se

MAR 04, 2011

A warning ignored is an invitation for disaster, as the recent kidnapping and murder of four Americans by Somali pirates tragically illustrates. Just ...

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