Opinion

The Corroding ‘Lead Camel’ Effect

DEC 08, 2012

As in old caravans ‘Where the lead camel goes, so shall others’. Such goes the Somali proverb, notwithstanding its regional variations and dialect...

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Affirmative Action for Somalia

DEC 05, 2012

Fauzia Haji Adan was sworn in on Monday November 19, 2012, as the Somali Federal Republic's deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, mak...

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Why are journalists being denied access to the ‘liberated’ Kismayu?

DEC 02, 2012

After nearly a year of regaling the media with success stories about their incursion into southern Somalia, the Kenya Defence Forces seem to have sudd...

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Somali leadership has failed its young people

NOV 29, 2012

The Somali community’s leadership is largely to blame for the youth crisis that is crippling the East African community in Canada....

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The Somali President has spoken; can anyone hear his agony?

NOV 29, 2012

In a speech that I consider to be one of the most powerful and most compassionate speeches that any Somali leader has delivered for a long time, Somal...

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The Impact of KDF Action in Garissa

NOV 28, 2012

Garissa town was the provisional headquarters of North Eastern Province during Moi Regime. Since Narc came to power, it has be destabilizes by officia...

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The politics of a Somali belonging in Kenya

NOV 27, 2012

Last year around this time, I was eagerly anticipating my trip to Nairobi. My last visit was in 2008 and I could not wait to be greeted by the warmth ...

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Is It the Advent of a New Era in Somalia?

NOV 27, 2012

Last Tuesday, the new cabinet of Somalia was endorsed by the Parliament. The new and lean 10 Minister cabinet includes Somalia's first-ever woman Fore...

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The Message that the Somali Government Must Deliver to COP 18 in Doha

NOV 26, 2012

The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 18) and the 8th session of the Par...

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Only in Kenya are victims of terror attacks robbed while they are dying

NOV 26, 2012

Every now and then, I ask myself what it is about Kenya that turns people into shameless, greedy, cruel human beings....

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