Opinion
Somalia: no matter what, we’ll never abandon you!
The majority of Djiboutans might not agree on the President of Ismail Omar Guelleh’s domestic policy; but one thing they do agree on unanimously is ...
Read More »Somalia, Side-effect of an Overpriced ‘Panacea’
With its meager financial and human resources, the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS) has been doing better than a satisfactory job. However, in recent...
Read More »BRIEF HISTORY: Dr Hassan Mohamed Nur "Shaatigaduud"
"Hassan Mohamed Nur, affectionately known as Hassanow Manur by his friends and colleagues, passed away on Tuesday April 2, 2013, in Bonn, Germany. Rec...
Read More »Where our children in the West are heading to?
As so often happens, one morning I was asked to interpreter at a juvenile court proceeding in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the parents of a sixteen year...
Read More »Who failed Somalia?
"Of all ignorance, the ignorance of the educated is the most dangerous. Not only are educated people likely to have more influence, they are the last...
Read More »Prime Minster Saacid’s Fruitless Visit to Kismayo
With the advent of Somalia’s new federalism, Somalis should be allowed to put their regions in order and govern themselves, or else the country will...
Read More »An open letter to Professor Kapteijns: A rejoinder
Recently I have read and gave cursory look at your book entitled “Clan cleansing in Somalia”, published 2013. As you said you had travelled and vi...
Read More »Somalia: Running Out of Options
The Somali chaos is a mosaic structure in which there are no realistic tools for alignment and superposition that allow careful understanding of the s...
Read More »An insight into the decision of the Somali government to print new money
Recent news reports suggest that over the last few months the value of the US Dollar has been declining and by extension the value of the Somali Shill...
Read More »Fixing the dysfunctional government machinery
It was a sign of hope to see both the self declared Independent state of Somaliland and the Republic of Somalia in the same week take steps towards fo...
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