Opinion

PM Abiy Must Address the Culture of Impunity and the Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia

JUL 30, 2018

Ethiopia is slowly moving in the right direction after the reformist PM Abiy Ahmed took power over 100 days ago. But unless PM Abiy tackles justice, t...

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China is laying the groundwork for a post-American world order

China is laying the groundwork for a post-American world order

JUL 30, 2018

As the United States abandons the postwar multilateral system it once led, China is stepping into the breach, laying the groundwork for a post-America...

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A stunning visit of Farmajo to Eritrea!

JUL 28, 2018

Today his Excellence Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, the Somalia president is going to Eritrea for three day official visit as declared Eritrea ministry of...

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The Importance of Public Spaces in Mogadishu

JUL 24, 2018

Public spaces have played a key role in urban development over the centuries and have always represented the essence of every city. The ancient Romans...

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Somalia Partnership Forum in Brussels: Business as Usual

JUL 21, 2018

With the endless political crisis and the scathing resolution by the EU Parliament that portrayed Somali leadership as autocratic, one would think the...

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Reimagining SAI Reform in Somalia

JUL 17, 2018

Just a few weeks ago, David Goldsworthy, the principal consultant at Development Action and a fellow speaker at IFAC and PAFA’s Fragile States Confe...

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Somalia on the right Direction: The Story so Far

JUL 14, 2018

Looking back at the election of H.E Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on February 2017 you could sense an air of freshness, an aura of new beginning for Somal...

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A meeting on Somali Agricultural Development

JUL 14, 2018

The meeting was held in Columbus Ohio on June 22-24. The meeting was initiated by a group of Somali intellectuals who felt the need to get together an...

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Refugees are not the enemy. It’s cold hearts and hot wars

JUL 14, 2018

"As a country, we need to look beyond the hateful sentiments of some of our politicians and see the ‘crisis’ for what it is: ephemeral. Far from b...

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