Opinion

President Silanyo: Somaliland’s next dictator in the making

NOV 23, 2014

Certain democratically elected leaders transform gradually into dictators. History has repeatedly attested the blueprints for turning a democratic sys...

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Déjà Vu with a Vengeance

NOV 23, 2014

Every society should get the politicians it deserves, and most Somalis who support the current political dynamics can hardly argue they did not know w...

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Copenhagen HLPF 2014: Somali on track but.........

NOV 21, 2014

The first annual Ministerial High Level Partnership Forum (HLPF) held in Copenhagen between 19-20 November and co-chaired by HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud,...

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Act cautiously on UPDF allegations in Somalia

NOV 21, 2014

On the November 6, 2014, one daily newspaper carried a story of UPDF officers who have been suspended for suspected ‘sexual’ offences while on tou...

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Maxaa Kaaga Baxay Shirkii COPENHAGEN?

NOV 21, 2014

Waxaa maanta magaalada Copenhagen ee dalka Denmark lagu soo gabogabeynayaa Shirkii Madasha Iskaashiga ee Heerka Sare oo in muddo ah la hadal-hayey....

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Somalia, Losing at Halftime

NOV 19, 2014

In 2012, the world’s quintessential failed state, Somalia, began its return to statehood. A new parliament and president were democratically select...

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Canada takes another step away from once-humane refugee policy

NOV 18, 2014

As Amina gathers her accounting textbooks and dresses her daughter for daycare, her husband, Walid — a logistics manager at a nickel mine...

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Somali leaders must act decisively for country’s sake

NOV 16, 2014

Somalia’s Parliament was yesterday turned into a house of dishonour as legislators swapped the decorum of rational debate for chaotic shouting match...

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DHIBAATADA WAA DASTUURKA KU-MEEL GAAR AH

NOV 14, 2014

Is af garaawa iyo wada shaqeyn la’aanta joogtada ah ee Madaxweynaha iyo Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Soomaaliyeed, waxaa sabab u ah dastuurka ku-meel gaar...

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Muslims feel under siege in Kenya

NOV 13, 2014

Last month, an imam at a Mombasa mosque was forced to step down by young al-Shabab sympathisers, and just last week a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Salim Baka...

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