Opinion

A giant step forward for Muslim women is finally here

JAN 02, 2019

As a Muslim-American woman living in what feels like, based on growing hate crimes and bigoted political rhetoric, an increasingly Islamophobic Americ...

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Legalizing Stolen Fish

DEC 28, 2018

In 2009 Time magazine article highlighted “According to another U.N. report, an estimated $300 million worth of seafood is stolen from the country's...

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Farmaajo scorecard: Impressive progress and shocking blunders

DEC 28, 2018

Somalia has made important milestones in rebuilding its economy and normalising relations with the rest of the world and, more importantly, with inter...

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Somali Officials Misrepresent IMF Statements and Reports

DEC 28, 2018

Somalia suffers from the disgraceful culture of leaders and politicians invoking deceptively legitimate documents like the Provisional Constitution fo...

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Letter to the Somali President: Looming Political Conflict in Jubbaland

DEC 26, 2018

As an FYI, over five years ago I shared with UNSOM a document titled Jubbaland Stand-off Resolution which provided the bases of the political conflict...

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A Strategic Approach to Combating the Corruption Menace in Somalia

DEC 24, 2018

International Anti-Corruption Day is commemorated on 9th December every year around the world, and countries like Somalia wish to understand the globa...

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Mustafa Omar: Hero of the Horn

DEC 24, 2018

The Ethiopian Empire, for centuries the most backward and down-trodden country in Africa, is on the march. Not only has it been making spectacular str...

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The Somali-Oromo conflict

DEC 23, 2018

Somali and Oromo peoples have been living next to each other and in some cases among each other for centuries if not millennia. And like any two commu...

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Status, Perspectives and Challenges in the Somali Remittance Industry

DEC 19, 2018

Somalia is among the many African countries who have benefited from remittance from their Diaspora population. The existence of remittances economy in...

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