Opinion
Wadaniga Kama Baxo Maskaxda Ummadda
Markii ugu horeysay uu amar toos ah i siiyo Mudane Cabdirisaaq Xaaji Xuseyn, 1964/65? asigoo Ra’iisul Wasaaraha Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya ah iyo ani...
Read More »Common ground for Somali Diaspora Intellectuals and the local Traditional Leaders
There is a Somali Saying “Yaaq Yaambo Ma Goyso” describing the strength, endurance, and resilience of a Baobab (Yaaq) tree. Baobab tree is very d...
Read More »The Crisis at heart of the Somali psyche:
A well known Somali intellectual said recently, "ʺthis country is still ruled by Mohamed Siyad Barre from the grave."ʺ It was ...
Read More »The Kismaayo Bug
You know what bed bugs do to your blood, they suck it until they drive you mad and force you to run for your life, or you acquiesce to their blood suc...
Read More »Advice to the new cabinet
It is not the size of the new cabinet that matters but their devotion and commitment to national duties and obligations. A blind loyalty to an influen...
Read More »The Double-Edged Nature of the Free Press
At its simplest form, Free Press or freedom of the press is defined by the famous Wikipedia as the freedom of communication and expression through veh...
Read More »The Era of Female Police Is On the Wane
In 1979, the first Somali female officer, Asha Hassan Hussein, was riding a police motorcycle to patrol the streets of Mogadishu. Three decades later,...
Read More »A Unified State of Somalia Debated at Chatham House
As one of the rare opportunities, eighteen days before the International Conference on Somalia held in London on May 7, 2013, Chatham House, a British...
Read More »Offshore Somali Coast: - Beneath the Indian Ocean-Floor
One of the newest, most promising areas for deep-water exploration is offshore East Africa, from Somalia to South Africa or the Western Indian Ocean. ...
Read More »Somali-Minnesotans wield clout from Minneapolis to Mogadishu
Minnesotans receive media attention, it’s often due to controversy, from homegrown suicide bombers to teetotaling cabdrivers refusing to transport a...
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