Opinion
Somalia’s priority: national integration for economic recovery
After years of overlooking the real needs of the Somali people, it is significant change longed-for that Somalia’s statebuiling featured in the stra...
Read More »Somalia’s eligible bachelors – and how to spot them
“London or Minneapolis?” a soft female voice asks. It comes from a few tables behind me at Village Restaurant – a popular hangout for Somali dia...
Read More »National Dialogue on Justice Reform: A New Beginning in Somalia
For the past two decades, Somalia has been caught up in bitter clan divisions, civil war, and terrorism. Attempts at re-establishing rule of law fell ...
Read More »Somalia: Investment Opportunities for the Diaspora
Would you go back to Somalia if you’re given a grant worth of 100,000 U.S dollar to invest in the country to generate new resources? If your answer ...
Read More »Our Somali ladies: the two foreign ministers……!!
A unique revolution in gender politics is taking place in East Africa, a region not known for giving political power to women. And as incredible as it...
Read More »Is the Somali language unifying or dividing?
With the transcription of the Somali language in 1971, the Somali government at the time adopted Somali as the official language of the country. The g...
Read More »On Somaliland!
In the wake of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s meeting with President Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo in Turkey, I thought I revisit the discussion on Somal...
Read More »Somalia: It is time to utilize Groundwater
Water is the most abundant compound (H2O) on the surface of earth. Without it life would cease to exist. It is distributed across the earth in the oce...
Read More »Education in Somalia essential to promoting peace
Nearly taken for granted by the West, education is a noble struggle in Somalia, requiring generous contributions from citizens and foreign donors to h...
Read More »The Somali government turns a blind eye on the criminal practices of Ethiopian Troops in Hiiraan Region
On Friday, April 22, 2013, the prominent Somali website Hiiraan.com carried a disturbing report about the cold-blooded murder – in a mosque – of a...
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