Opinion
Painful but healthy: There is a need for a narrative change - Abdirashid Janna’s Agreement!
Abdirashid Janna’s rejoinder of the Somali government, and the overall accord covering this issue, was a necessity to achieve some kind of diffusing...
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The world has a vested interest in Somalia. Will it act to stop its collapse?
Frantz Fanon once quipped: “Africa is shaped like a revolver, and Congo is the trigger.” More than 60 years later, I think the French philosopher�...
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Barkhad Batuun: A Man on A Mission!
Immense socio-economic and political challenges anywhere produce, more often than not, a new wave of political thoughts and the people to turn them to...
Read More »The Controversy over the 2009 MoU between Kenya and Somalia decided by the ICJ
In the maritime boundary dispute case between Kenya and Somalia, the International Court of Justice held: “the Memorandum of Understanding between S...
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Somtel’s Initial Public Offering
After reading the press release announcing the Initial Public Offering “IPO” of Somtel, I wanted to share my thoughts with the Dahabshiil Group, t...
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Somalia’s Election Chaos: A testimony to a Larger Deep-Seated Problems in our Society
Once you look and assess the Somali election stalemate, the mistrust and lack of shared vision for Somalia between the FGS and FMS, you can begin to r...
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Somali Corporate communications must focus on IMPACT
Somali businesses have played and continue to play a major role in the country’s recovery. The Somali private sector is one of the few beacons that ...
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Somali President Farmajo Disregarded the Constitution and Embraced Dictator’s Playbook
Somali patriots, including moderate Islamists are haunted by how candidate Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo” fooled them when they enthusiastically took to...
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In Memory of Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed
I caught wind of the unfortunate passing of former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed on the 9th of March 2021 due to COVID-19 complications in Nairob...
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The Somali region of Ethiopia must write their own narrative
Many years ago I conducted an interview with a leader of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). At the time, Ethiopia’s Somali regional state ...
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