Opinion

Somaliland: Can We Save The Sinking Nation? Part One

APR 22, 2017

If you are on board of yacht in Med Sea and see Somalilanders from Burco or from anywhere else in the world in dilapidated boat sinking. Would you pa...

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Review Rejoinder: A Response to Kapteijns’ Revenge on The Suicidal State in Somalia

APR 16, 2017

It is my belief that readers of Lidwien Kapteijns’ review of my book, The Suicidal State in Somalia: The Rise and Fall of the Siad Barre Regime, 196...

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PM Hassan Khayre: Putting the cart in front of the horse.

APR 13, 2017

We as decent Somalis welcome the recent new political dispensation in Somalia and any genuine measures to foster good governance...

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Lessons for Somalia: DP world in Yemen and what that means for Somalia.

APR 12, 2017

In 2008 the Yemeni government signed a deal with DP world (The UAE based government owned port management company) in which the operation and control ...

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Three conditions for stable and functioning government in Somalia

APR 12, 2017

Somalia experienced a leadership change in early 2017. After months of parliamentary (s)elections, lower and upper house parliamentarians were sworn i...

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AMISOM Human Rights Abuses in Somalia: London Somali Conference 2017 - A call for Accountability and International Oversight

APR 11, 2017

The African Union troops, AMISOM in Somalia are mandated under UN Resolution (2297) to provide security and stability to Somalia's Fragile Government....

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COLDOON: Somaliland's Prisoner of Conscience

APR 10, 2017

Recognition is one of the most testing and complicated issues in international law, and it is starting to become Somaliland’s eventual demise. Once...

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The Enigma of Federalism in Somalia

APR 08, 2017

After delays in the swearing in of the new government due to political wrangling, the cabinet is finally in place. Many people including myself were...

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