Opinion
UK Khat ban - For the people by the people. 1 year on
The UK banning of Khat a year ago surprised much of UK society who had not heard of the drug - let alone aware that there was campaign to stop its use...
Read More »Remaking Somalia
“The fight starts at home,” Ifrah Ahmed tells me over a crackly cell phone reception. “And I felt that I can be the voice,” she continues with...
Read More »Somali economy would crumble without remittances
For the first time in more than two decades Somalia has a government recognised across the world. This is a sure sign of how much the situation has im...
Read More »Khat ban: One year on.
On the 24th of June 2014, the United Kingdom, led by Home Secretary Theresa May, passed a law to legally ban the use and importation of stimulant Khat...
Read More »Somalia’s Grasslands: A Threatened National Treasure
Grasslands are environments in which grasses and grass like plants dominate the vegetation. Grasslands once covered up to 25 to 40 percent of the eart...
Read More »UAE won’t back down in Somalia
Ramming a car laden with bombs into a UAE aid convoy was a cowardly thing to do, but the country will not be cowed down by the act of terror in Mogadi...
Read More »Somalia’s Looming Constitutional Crisis pt. 2: the Mudug Crisis
newsinsideSomalia’s looming constitutional crisis is heating up due to the newly emerging Galmudug State. In the first short essay, I warned that S...
Read More »In response to President Muhammadu Buhari’s perspectives to Somalia
First of all your excellency, It is with great joy and pride that, on behalf of Somali students in London, and on my own behalf, I extend to you my wa...
Read More »Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of nine African Americans at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., as a hate crime committed by a white ...
Read More »Somali Leaders unfazed by Public Discontent
Contrary to the ebullient public statements of Ambassador Nicholas Kay, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Somalia like “Som...
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