Opinion
The Corruption Tango
Any unchecked authority or power—especially when involving monies—ultimately leads to corruption. That is why it is necessary to put in place mech...
Read More »Dib u Heshiin Dhab ah
Aniga oo ka anba qaadaya maqaal uu dhowaan qoray Abukar Arman/Abuukar Carmaan, (July 1, 2013), maqaalka oo cinwaankiisu yahay: Dib u heshiisiin Markal...
Read More »Yussur Abrar and Thuli Madonsela: Africa’s Female Whistleblowers
It was always my belief that if Africa were to change its bad reputation as the citadel of corrupt politicians and a haven for mismanaged foreign aid;...
Read More »Somalia’s Failure: A Broken System or Lousy Leaders?
In most of the world’s parliamentary democracies, it’s rare to see presidents and prime ministers bickering, since their roles and responsibilitie...
Read More »More on UN Detention Procedures for Military Operations
About a month ago, I asked what had happened to the UN’s effort to develop a set of standard operating procedures to govern detentions that arise du...
Read More »Training Cops to Fear Somalis and Muslims
On Thursday, November 21, 2013, a law enforcement training on terrorism was offered in Minnesota. This training was organized by former Ramsey County ...
Read More »The Cost of Big Aid
In early 1997, Dertu was a barely mapped speck on the parched landscape of the Somali nomads of Kenya’s North Eastern Province. The place’s misfor...
Read More »Hollywood: a peddler of U.S. political propaganda
NEW YORK – Paul Greengrass is a gifted director who specializes in historical reenactments, a once marginal genre that in recent years hits the swee...
Read More »Can Somalia Be Federated?
Somalia as a nation is an unquestionable reality. Somalia as a State however is a much more tenuous concept despite being one of few mono-ethnic entit...
Read More »Reforming Somalia Civil Service: Revival and Challenges
As the title states, the purpose of this article is to bring into focus the state of affairs of the Somalia Civil Service with a view to making it an ...
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