Opinion

Uganda-simply romantic!

DEC 17, 2014

If it hadn’t been a taboo in their culture, the two Somali women I met at the Munyonyo Resort Tuesday, would have passionately spread out their arms...

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The Inception of South-West State of Somalia – A Glimmer of Hope!

DEC 17, 2014

The newly-established South-West State of Somalia, the fruit of months of talks between the regions’ elders, offers a glimmer of hope!The State now ...

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Somaliland: The New Sick Man of the Horn of Africa

DEC 15, 2014

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr Martin Luther King, Jr....

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Sleepless night or International anarchism

DEC 15, 2014

Every society, every culture wherever theypopulate in this cosmos, cherish certain values, certain social structures, certaincustoms that contribute t...

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Review of Abdirazak Fartaag’s Report on Somalia’s 2000-2013 PFM

DEC 14, 2014

newsinsideOn November 15, 2014, Abdirazak Fartaag, former Director of Public Financial Management (PFM) between 2009 and 2011 at the Office of the Pri...

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Somali Warlords: from the battlefields to the Blogs

DEC 14, 2014

The disintegration of the Somali republic into regions and self proclaimed states has passed through different stages. I remember in the 1990s, War...

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Corruption is costing Kenyans their lives – no one is safe

DEC 14, 2014

Since the horrific Westgate mall terrorist attack in Nairobi in September 2013, Kenyans have been bracing themselves for similar attacks elsewhere. Ke...

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My two cents on mental illness in the Somali community!

DEC 13, 2014

As an individual of Somali decedent and a mental health professional it breaks my heart to see tragedies that can be prevented yet happen every day. T...

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Ahmed Silanyo and the Press

DEC 12, 2014

For the past one year, President Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud (Silanyo) has emerged, of all the leaders who ruled Somaliland since its founding, as the most...

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Child molestation isn't Somali Culture But a Cowardly Criminal Culture

DEC 12, 2014

"Many of the girls were groomed to view the abuse as normal part of being the "girlfriend" of somali man, as it was said be the culture and tradition...

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