Opinion
Ethiopia: Exploiting the Gulf’s scramble for the Horn of Africa
Ethiopia’s so far managed to stay neutral and balance its relationships with opposing Gulf partners. But it’s engaged in an unpredictable game....
Read More »Triggering Constitutional Crisis – The Presidency Must be Held Accountable for its Constitutional Transgressions
Mogadishu - The political parties of Wadajir, Daljir, Kulan and Horusocod caucus are gravely concerned with the gross violations of the constitution b...
Read More »Somalia Partnership Forum Issued No-confidence Communiqué in Brussels
The European Union (EU) and Swedish Government hosted the 2nd meeting of Somalia Partnership Forum (SPF) in Brussels, Belgium, on July 16-17, 2018, to...
Read More »Maxaa La Gudboon Soomaalida Itoobiya?
Isbeddellada siyaasadeed oo hadda ka socda Itoobiya way ka duwan yihiin kuwii dhacay 1974kii, markii boqortooyadii Xayle Salaase ciidammadu ay afgamb...
Read More »How getting kidnapped by pirates made me a more tolerant person
Michael Scott Moore is an author and journalist whose latest book is The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast....
Read More »Prime Minister Abyi Ahmed Must Act !!!!!
While Ethiopians were celebrating the reconciliation between the exiled and home synod in Addis Ababa yesterday by coincidence or not churches were bu...
Read More »No pirates allowed: The democratic, pro-Western, successful, totally unrecognized Democratic Republic of Somaliland
It starts like this. A Somali “entrepreneur,” often a former pirate who rose in the ranks of his “profession,” decides to attack a ship in the...
Read More »Battle Of The Ports: Emirates sea power spreads from Persian Gulf to Africa
The past few weeks have been particularly rich in new developments for the UAE’s foreign policy. In Yemen, the UAE is at the forefront of the curren...
Read More »Hisbia Dighil Mirifle (HDM), the genesis of a Party, its rise and fall
In an earlier article posted on the Hiiraan Online Website in May, 2018, I referred to how, in the wake of the Second World War, the British favoure...
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From Ali Mazrui to Abiy Ahmed: A Pan-Africanist Vision for a New Ethiopia
The late Ali Mazrui speaks in this article to major political issues relevant to Ethiopia today, as the country undergoes a peaceful revolution. In hi...
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