Opinion

Kenya’s elections show how the media has sold its soul

AUG 11, 2017

In Francis Imbuga’s 1976 play, “Betrayal in the City,” the Kenyan playwright and literature scholar describes life in the fictitious, dystopian,...

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Corruption in Somalia is a crime against our Country’s development

AUG 09, 2017

So far, no arrests have been made against any government officials in connection of stealing public funds. The effects of these thefts are kickbacks i...

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The Artisan Grace - Poem

AUG 01, 2017

The following excerpt which I use as an introduction to the poem is from an article I wrote in 2007 about the status of the Gabooye community among th...

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Intee buu marayaa Ololaha doorashada dalka Kenya, Uhura & Railo ?

JUL 26, 2017

Muqdisho(SONNA)-Waxaa meel geba-gaba ah maraya ololaha doorashada dalka aanu deriska nahay ee Kenya,waxa uuna u dhaxeeya xisbiga talada haya ‘Jubile...

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Maxaa ka baran karnaa argagaxisadii ka dhacdey Norwey?

JUL 25, 2017

Lix sano ayay ka soo wareegatey markii nin 32 jir ahaa oo la oran jirey Anders Behring Breivik, uu ku kacay labo weerar oo argagaxiso, dad badana ku l...

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President Farmajo’s Delicate Balancing Act

JUL 24, 2017

President Farmajo came to office scarcely five months ago. His election was a transformational moment for Somalia has rarely appeared more united tha...

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Africa’s Singapore is slowly taking shape

JUL 23, 2017

Djibouti does not frequently feature in the headlines, but the leader of the tiny country in the Horn of Africa and his international partners recentl...

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Senator Billow Kerrow takes on ANTI-SOMALI Kikuyu supremacists in Uhuru government

JUL 21, 2017

I rarely respond to opinions from caustic columnists such as Ngunjiri Wambugu. His piece in the Star below had three wild allegations intended to inci...

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The Somali Post-conflict Economic Reform problem - Emergency to Development

JUL 21, 2017

The economic reconstruction of Somalia which is coming out of armed conflict that have embarked in the complex transition to peace is one of the bigge...

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A look inside the unfolding nightmare in Somalia

JUL 20, 2017

BAIDOA, Somalia,This town was liberated from the control of al-Shabab (an Islamist insurgent group) five years ago. But “liberated” is a relative ...

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