Opinion
UK Khat ban. The “othering” of others drugs: A Critical Analysis.
It is official, effective June 24th 2014, the sale and consumption of the recreational leafy stimulant called Khat, scientifically known as catha endu...
Read More »Refugees are assets to their adopted and home nations
Refugee week is one of the most important weeks in the calendar for us every year in the United Kingdom. It is a week of fun, happiness and a chance t...
Read More »Somali Diaspora: cultural competence crucial for institutional development
There is not a conference that goes by without the mention of the role of the Somali Diaspora in the Somali states rebirth and future stability....
Read More »American-Somali relations: What’s in the words?
As a former detractor who has not been a fan of the Obama administration’s foreign policy toward Somalia, it is an overstatement to say that I watch...
Read More »Sheffield City Council Recognises Somaliland..............!!
On April 5, 2014 up to 600 Somalis (Somalilanders) from the northwest region of Somalia (Somaliland) living in Sheffield city gathered at Sheffield Ci...
Read More »The Obama Administration’s Somali Pivot
Somalia has been a trouble spot on the African continent for much of the past two decades, unable to meet the humanitarian and security needs of its o...
Read More »Somaliland: In Defense of President Ahmed Mohamoud Silanyo
The Somaliland country have hitherto been appreciated with the late President Egal as a statesman who built this nation by overcoming many barriers in...
Read More »The Deteriorating Relationship between Somalia and Kenya
Somalia is in a very strategic location, with more natural resources than its surrounding neighbors. It is in a region that is critical to both Europe...
Read More »A more effective strategy to deter Somali youth from jihadist causes
Many people found themselves disconcerted when the news broke that Somali youth are going to Syria to join a Jihadist group to fight against the regim...
Read More »Somalia’s GDP will double in the next five years (if…)
On June 3, 2014 I attended a speech given by Wendy Sherman, Undersecretary for Political Affairs on “US Foreign policy in Somalia” at the US Insti...
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