Opinion

The Enemy Within: Al-Shabab in Villa Somalia

AUG 07, 2014

When President Hassan Sheikh was elected almost three years ago, he was too quick to declare to the world at large that Al-Shabab terrorists were “o...

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U.S.-Africa Summit Must Deliver for Africa’s Youth

AUG 05, 2014

On August 4th - 6th, President Obama will welcome 41 heads of state from Africa to Washington DC for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, in wh...

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Somali Diaspora: A two-edged sword.

AUG 05, 2014

The Somali Diaspora represents a crucial part of Somalia's future. But what exactly that future will look like depends, in part, on what that diaspora...

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Can any Good Thing Come Out of Washington?

AUG 03, 2014

In July 2009 when President Obama visited Africa, he conveyed an important message to African leaders that captures the crux of African malaise that d...

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Adigoon Dooneyn ha u Dacaayad Sameyn

AUG 01, 2014

Duruufaha reer guuraanimo oo nolosha Soomaalidu horay iyo hadda si weyn ugu tiirsan tahay ayaa ah kuwo xeeriya in qofku aamino, mudnaan gaara siiyo ku...

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Uhuru, Please Fence The Somalia Border

JUL 30, 2014

I’m sorry this letter has been published in the press before it lands on your desk. However, as millions of Kenyans trust you to lead this beloved n...

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US Will Not Send an Ambassador to Somalia Soon

JUL 28, 2014

In mid-July of this year President Obama accepted the credentials of Somalia’s official Ambassador to US bringing the diplomatic rapport between the...

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Stop Politizising Sado's Death

JUL 27, 2014

We the closest family of Saado Ali Warsame are utterly shocked and against the politicisation of her death. It has come to our attention that some peo...

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Optimism after Mogadishu visit

JUL 24, 2014

As someone who witnessed the worst part of the beginning of the civil war and who has never seen government in any form in Somalia my expectations of ...

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Palestine Disposed

JUL 22, 2014

On the afternoon of July 16th, at exactly 2:28p.m, the New York Times published an article titled “Four Boys Killed Playing on Gaza Beach”....

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