Opinion

Somaliland: Brutal Murders Shatter Harmony

AUG 19, 2009

On the evening of July 11, 2009 (7/11), 24 men clad in army uniforms and armed with automatic rifles parked their vehicles on the Dila-Kalabaydh road ...

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Somalia: To Succeed We Have to Look Forward!

AUG 19, 2009

The past is not a home to dwell in. The living must keep on living. To do so the living must also move forward. Looking back to a difficult past is a ...

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My reflection on the 1st Annual Somali Diaspora Youth Conference

AUG 17, 2009

On July 31 and August 1 of 2009, a conference entitled “Empowering Somali Diaspora Youth: The Forgotten Generation,” was organized by the Washingt...

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Is Puntland a Clan Enclave or a Viable State of Somalia?

AUG 17, 2009

One consequence of the collapse of the Somali nation-state was the creation of political fiefdoms under the tutelage of powerful militias and warlords...

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Open Letter to Inter-Peace

AUG 16, 2009

As a Somaliland IT consultant, I am writing this letter to express my appreciation for your unwavering supports and professional services that you hav...

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Banaadir: A change We Can Believe In

AUG 14, 2009

It is obvious the Sharif and Sharmarke government is not going to succeed as long as the current Banadir and Mogadishu administrators are running the ...

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Foreign actors fuel Somalia fire

AUG 14, 2009

For the past two decades, the most influential actor in Somalia's ever-worsening crisis has been what is commonly referred to as the international com...

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Prof. Dalxa Vs Ambassador Ali Amerika

AUG 13, 2009

To conduct public inquiry about Prof. Dalxa’s serious allegations against the Somali ambassador in Kenya of how he was mistreated when the ambassado...

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The Somali that Tried to Travel Like a Canadian

AUG 13, 2009

If it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote the most stirring exhortation on the freedom of the individual (“all men are created equal”), then it was Eri...

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Rebuilding and reconstituting Somali’s National Army!

AUG 12, 2009

The United Nations Political Office of Somalia (UNPOS) and former Somali National Army Officers began recreating Somali soldiers for the new Somali Na...

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