Opinion

Open letter To President Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gaas

JAN 25, 2014

Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to offer my heartiest congratulations on your recent election as president of Puntland state of Somalia...

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Solution to Prevent Turmoil in Africa

JAN 23, 2014

Over the years, many African countries have suffered from turmoil. Tensions are particularly high in the DR Congo, Central African Republic (CAR) and ...

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The road to a full democratic Somalia by 2016:

JAN 23, 2014

By 1988, Somalia was ailing severely because of a system that lasted for two decades, repressed the freedoms and oppressed the people. Socially, polit...

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Somalia: Commentary on the new Cabinet

JAN 21, 2014

From the beginning, the daily leaks about the selection process of the new Cabinet (Council of Ministers) of Somalia headed by Prime Minister (PM) Abd...

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IMAGINE: Somalia Under IGAD Trusteeship in 2016

JAN 18, 2014

Midnight, 16 Sept. 2016 – The story you read is partially fact and partially fiction about what would happen at the end of the tenure of the present...

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Tale of America at War in the 21st Century

JAN 16, 2014

These days, when I check out the latest news on Washington's global war-making, I regularly find at least one story that fits a new category in my min...

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Al-Shabab: Guardians of Somali identity?

JAN 16, 2014

British Channel 4 journalist Jamal Osman had an exclusive on al-Shabab that included a training and graduation ceremony. The picture that emerged was ...

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Somalia Needs a War on Poverty

JAN 14, 2014

That the Pentagon admitted, this month, to sending its military back into Somalia after a 20 year absence of explicit involvement (never mind the exte...

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Idol Worshippers

JAN 14, 2014

Camped out for several days, young girls are anticipating the nail biting moment when their favorite celebrity walks out. He or she waves from a balco...

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Abdiweli Gaas: Hope ahead?

JAN 12, 2014

The former Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali (Abdiweli Gaas) became the President of the semi autonomous Puntland region of Somalia on Wednes...

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