Opinion
Somali women parliamentarians: the predicament of finding a voice
Parliamentary democracy is described as a political system based on the idea that parliament is supreme or “sovereign”. This means that parliament...
Read More »Somalia’s future: IGAD’s captivity or donors’ rescue
There is Somali adage that says, “Old man knows what causes his death.” When President Hassan Sh. Mohamud of Somalia started his speech at the sec...
Read More »Donors must invest in Somalia's future
Somalia has long been synonymous with suffering. A combination of civil war and famine has, over the last few decades, displaced more than a million p...
Read More »Somalia is not safe to return anyone to....yet
Oh how lovely it is to see loved up youngsters dancing and swimming in Liido Beach in the now suddenly peaceful Somalia. Or the smoking of shisha at n...
Read More »Somalia Conference and Rivalry of Civilizations
A few days before the “Somalia Conference 2013” held in London on May 7, a foreign journalist friend of mine sent me an e-mail asking what my thou...
Read More »Why Somali people in London protested against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud?
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met serious protest by Somali community in London against his policy, when he went to attend the second Somali ...
Read More »Policy Review: the Somali Conference in London
The leading countries of the International Community, international NGOs, regional organizations and front-line countries with interests in Somalia ga...
Read More »Somalia Seeks Lasting Support From London Conference
Today, over 40 delegates from many nations and organisations are meeting in London to discuss the future of Somalia’s post transition government. Th...
Read More »What is bad with Tribalism?
“It is my wish, now that the wars are coming to an end, to live happily in peace. All mortals from now shall live like one people, united and peacef...
Read More »Bistros, beaches and book launches: Mogadishu revives forgotten culture
A few months after my first visit to Mogadishu in 2011, I met the Somali writer, Nuruddin Farah, who predicted that I would try and return there becau...
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