Opinion
Somalia: time to be patient
Even though I was invited, I did not go to either the Nairobi conference of 2004 or the one in Djibouti in 2000. For reasons of principle I do not att...
Read More »The Enormous Debt Owed by so Many to the UIC
The meteoric and emotionally exhilarating rise of the Somali Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) during the first half of 2006 finds a match in dramatic eff...
Read More »Lessons from the Somalia Bombing
When the U.S. military struck at suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in Somalia, it showed its ability to strike anywhere in the world....
Read More »Mogadishu: will it survive another ordeal!
I was born in Mogadishu in 1952 and lived in it, studied and worked in it since 2002, when I realised it was time to leave my beloved hometown Mogadis...
Read More »Proposal on “Genuine Somali National Reconciliation & Power-sharing”
This proposal presents our views about the Somali National Reconciliation and Power-sharing Congress which is planned to take place in the near future...
Read More »Somalia needs Canada's support in developing its own peace process
When Ethiopia invaded Somalia in December 2006, not only was this act a contravention of international law, it also pushed the unstable Horn of Africa...
Read More »Unity is paramount
For the past few months, many Somalis have been presenting some solutions to the catastrophe that befell them....
Read More »U.S. Intervention In Somalia Wrong
If this country, God forbid, were to ever degenerate into chaos, which faction would you support? What if your only two choices were a group of warlor...
Read More »A Land of Camel Milk and Honey
Here’s the ethos of Somalia, as a former Mogadishu resident explained it to me: “If I use a dollar to buy food, then tomorrow I have nothing. If I...
Read More »The Aftermath of Ethiopia’s Invasion: Somalia Reverting to Anarchy & TFG Slipping Further into Irrelevance
The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG), under the current leadership of the Interim President Abdullahi Yusuf and his Prime Minister Ali...
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