Opinion
Bold Suggestion from Unlikely Source
As a critic of then presidential candidate Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Silanyo) during the run up to the 2010 presidential election, I took note when few ...
Read More »Straight talk on Somalia insecurity
There is a broad-based consensus that security in Somalia has been deteriorating at an alarming rate. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people have b...
Read More »Cold War 2.0: The Red Sea
During the 1970s, United States Government (USG) foreign policy professionals feared that the Red Sea would become the Red Sea due to communist regime...
Read More »Siilaanyo and Galaydh’s Dastardly Deal in Ainabo
A little town in northern Somalia called Ainabo has acquired a shameful place in Somali history, not all of its choosing. It is here that Siilaanyo, t...
Read More »Turkey and China in Xi Jinping era
ISTANBUL - The Chinese Communist Party held its 19th National Congress between Oct. 18 and 24. Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to have consolidated...
Read More »UAE Meddling in the Somali Domestic Affairs
Somalia is defined as a failed state and many may merely relate this to the internal conflicts that has threatened the country for decades....
Read More »Mogadishu Massacre: Policy, Policing and Intelligence Failures
Mogadishu Massacre: Policy, Policing and Intelligence Failures...
Read More »Conversation with my Father
My father, Axmed Cilmi, shared with me a story that had enduring impact on my personal views about the motherland. He was only at the age of 16 when h...
Read More »Somalia Doesn’t Need Tears. Help Us Fight Terrorism.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — On Oct. 14, a truck carrying about two tons of homemade explosives blew up near Zoobe Junction, one of the busiest streets in M...
Read More »Time to showcase the resilience of Somali Youth
It was on Saturday, October the 14th when a planned terrorist attack - a lorry mounted with explosives exploded in the middle of a heavily populated j...
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