Opinion
Editorial: Impose sanctions on peace spoilers in Somalia
THE UN Security Council earlier this month warned Eritrea it would consider action against anyone undermining peace in Somalia....
Read More »Why failed States are so prevalent in the South?
This essay seeks to explain why failed states are mostly concentrated in the South. To find an adequate response to such broad and general question, t...
Read More »When Peace Itself is Weeping!
Caddaaladdu waa hooyada nabadda. Mar haddii ay caddaaladu maqantahay, suuragal ma aha in nabad la helo. Haddii aan nabad la helina dawlad lama helayo,...
Read More »Somalia: A Convenient Cash Cow for all.
After all, the cats are out of the basket in the open. At least, corruption in Somalia, at the expense of the humiliation, pain and death of hundreds...
Read More »Our Castle Is Threatened From The Interior
First of all, I must condemn and alienate that savage crime that occurred in mid July instant, on the road in between Gabile and Borama. That was a ...
Read More »A Somali Perspective: In Response to Ahmedou W. Abdalla
The Washington Post recently carried an article by UN Special Envoy, Ahmedou W. Abdalla, titled “The World’s Duty to Somalia”....
Read More »Somalia Government: Put Your House in Order
The successful conclusion of UN-brokered Djibouti Peace Conference, followed by the end of Ethiopia’s devastating military occupation, was hailed as...
Read More »Al-Shabab’s Reign Of Terror
Historically, there were numerous diverse groups who controlled Somalia—from the European colonialists to the dictatorial regime of Siyad Barre to t...
Read More »Has the TUG become the Somali story: ii shub, iishid, ii sheekee?
Governing a nation is not easy even in the best of times where there is peace and prosperity. Nonetheless, governing a broken nation is hellish and an...
Read More »The World's Duty to Somalia
NAIROBI -- When violence broke out in Somalia's battered capital this summer, cynics called it "business as usual." Once again, they claimed that the ...
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