Opinion

Selling itself cheap: Was Ahlu Sunnah also after positions?

FEB 19, 2010

It is yet another consternation to learn the news that Ahlu Sunnah is to make a deal with the current TFG on the back of asking for positions ....

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Somalia: A Failed State or a Weak State?

FEB 15, 2010

Despite repeated assurances that Somalia is no longer a failed state, the country remained the world's most corrupt in the year of 2009 according to a...

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Why the TFG will fail and fall in 2010

FEB 14, 2010

Since the 1991, Somalia has been a failed state; many see the current TFG (Transitional Federal Government) has a beacon of hope, but it shall fail an...

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Editorial: Piracy on high seas

FEB 13, 2010

The battle against Somali pirates continues in the Indian Ocean. International naval forces, most recently the Danes, score the odd success, but nothi...

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Al-Qaeda has achieved superiority of strategic orientation

FEB 11, 2010

After occupation of Afghanistan by US led coalition forces in November 2001, some of the members of Al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan, Iran and Middle Eastern...

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The Last Hope for Somalia

FEB 08, 2010

There are certain things that we, Somalis, take for granted. I’m not speaking of food, shelter or the basic clothes that cover our otherwise bare sk...

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The untold story about pirates and trawlers

FEB 07, 2010

Whereas Somalis of good intention appreciate the concern and role played by international peace brokers in the horn of Africa and its environs, lit...

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Invisible Walls and their adverse effects on the Somali People

FEB 06, 2010

A few months ago, the world commemorated of the final fall of the Berlin Wall that divided East and West Germany. The wall took a few decades to come ...

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What is going Puntland

FEB 06, 2010

The present situation in Puntland worries many Somalis as well as international community, the area has recently witnessed increase number of planned ...

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Kenya should thank God for its Somali ‘troubles’

FEB 04, 2010

Somalia and Somalis are all over the news and FM radio call-ins in Kenya. There is near-hysteria that Somalis — both Kenyan and non-Kenyan — are a...

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