Opinion
A nationalist’s view of Ethiopia’s involvement in AMISOM
David Shinn is not a Somali citizen, but his recent remarks on the official involvement of Ethiopia in the African Union’s peace-keeping mission in ...
Read More »Somaliland and Universal TV: Was It Just a Harmless Comedy Sketch?
Recently, Universal TV aired a comedy sketch of President Silanyo in a show titled “Faaliyaha Qaranka”. Subsequently, the Minister of Information ...
Read More »Myths about Federalism in Somalia
In the context of Somali political culture and discourse, it should be clear by now that the meaning of the principle of “federalism in Somalia” i...
Read More »The Makhayaada: More than a cup of tea
The makhayaad is a place that holds a special place in my heart. Although it is now widely thought to include places where one eats full meals like ri...
Read More »Somalia: Planning for the Future
Across the Somali territories we have witnessed a raft of construction projects of late. Whilst such activity testifies to a gradual return to normali...
Read More »My side of the Cedar-Riverside caucus dispute
You may have read about me. I am the woman who was physically beaten at the DFL Party caucus in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on F...
Read More »Is the U.S. Strategy in Somalia Working?
In the last week of January news outlets reported that an American drone had conducted an unsuccessful strike against a high level al-Shabaab leader i...
Read More »East Africa or South Asia: entrepreneurship key to growing jobs, fighting poverty
Across South and Southeast Asia, nations are doing what they can to better prepare their businesses and their citizens to compete in an increasingly i...
Read More »Hiiraan region a state of its own
Somalia politicians have recently been debating in several platforms which form of government best suits the country and many have came up with the id...
Read More »Ethiopian Troops have Joined AMISOM: What This Means for AMISOM as a ‘Neutral Force’
On January 22nd, Ethiopian troops officially joined the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), contributing about four thousand soldiers. If past ...
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