Opinion
Racism still prevalent in St. Cloud
A packet of hateful and derogatory depictions of the Prophet Muhammad engaged in bestiality was stapled to the telephone pole outside Deko Farah's St....
Read More »Fractionalized, Armed and Lethal: Why Somalia Matters
February 03, 2010 — For the last few years, Somalia has held strong onto the top spot in both the Index of Failed States and the Fragile States Inde...
Read More »Rayale’s Final Days in Power and his desperate attempts to hold on
African dictators use various tactics to consolidate their power. They use fear, bribes, arm-twisting, divide-and rule and a litany of other tools to ...
Read More »The Jihadist Next Door
ON A WARM, cloudy day in the fall of 1999, the town of Daphne, Ala., stirred to life. The high-school band came pounding down Main Street, past the po...
Read More »“New Radio Station for the Djiboutian Oppositions: could they be able to use it responsibly?”
The other day a friend of mine sent me an email about a new internet-based Radio station about two weeks ago: www.lavoixdedjibouti.com. (The voice of ...
Read More »Al-Faisal crisis reveals serious gaps in anti-terror efforts
The four conflicting government statements issued on whether controversial preacher al-Faisal had been deported last Thursday were a fitting climax to...
Read More »Radicalising Muslim youth unwise
The varied reactions and interpretations of the recent demonstration by Muslims for Human Rights Forum has revealed our weakness as a nation....
Read More »Defeating the Devil
They say “if you want to defeat a devil you have to ride the devil himself and learn the devil’s discipline.” Yes, I prefer to use the word devi...
Read More »Real reason why Somalis are targeted in arrests
The riots and destruction of private property that occurred 10 days ago around Jamia mosque in Nairobi must be condemned. It was a shameful event with...
Read More »Things a Responsible Somali Government Would Do
There is a dire need to take care of the Somali nation and its myriad issues, crises and interests. The Transitional Government can still do the job i...
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