Opinion
AU embargo: punishment of spoilers of peace
The decision by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) to impose a no fly zone and blockade of air and seaport on regions controlled...
Read More »Dialogue with Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
The Ethiopian military has left Somalia, and the former president of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf has retired in Yemen. The Somali parliament has been huge...
Read More »Obama’s Speech in Egypt: Muslims are Speechless
President Barrack Hussein Obama will this week give his long-awaited and over-publicized speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, Egypt....
Read More »Why the U.N. should move fast to punish Eritrea
The UN Security Council advanced farther from past huffing and chugging on matters Somalia. It took concrete action. Hopefully, the council will maint...
Read More »U.S. can't afford to ignore situation in Somalia
Nearly two months ago, for a brief moment, the full attention of Americans was directed back to Somalia. This time it was not "Blackhawk Down" but rat...
Read More »Djibouti is Following the Path of Somalia
Nation-state building must start from the nation to state, instead of the state to nation. Republic of Djibouti have practiced the opposite. Because o...
Read More »The failure of Clan Extremism and the Rise of Religious Extremism
It’s not a coincident to witness the forces of extremism, literalists, and rejectionists emerge as robust political and military force and threaten ...
Read More »A Little Advice for Sheikh Sharif
Mr. President: win or lose your current struggle with your former Islamist colleagues on legitimate principles. Your presidency over Somali national-u...
Read More »The Neo-Islamists’ March of Ignorance
In light of the rising violence in Mogadishu and how dramatically power seems to be slipping out of the hands of the unity government, the specter of ...
Read More »Somalia needs regional help
Reports that Kenyan youth might be targets of recruiters to fight with Somali extremists in that country’s worsening civil war should be sufficientl...
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