Opinion

Somalia: Stalled Recovery

Somalia: Stalled Recovery

MAR 15, 2022

Somalia’s nation-state, collapsed and disintegrated in 1991, following an armed political violence between opposition groups and the then military d...

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Validation of the PSAs to Coastline Exploration

Validation of the PSAs to Coastline Exploration

MAR 09, 2022

The Petroleum agreements are marred with serious irregularities considering the provisions of the Somali Petroleum Law and the Agreement on the Owners...

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Somalia: The Case for Presidential Debates

Somalia: The Case for Presidential Debates

MAR 08, 2022

As Somalia’s parliamentary and presidential elections is happening at the moment we aim to develop and constitute the first ever Somalia Presidentia...

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The Real Bomb in Somalia

The Real Bomb in Somalia

FEB 28, 2022

There is a huge Bomb in Somalia and its shockwave will wash across the Horn and into the global world....

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What Would Happen if Farmajo Remains in Office?

What Would Happen if Farmajo Remains in Office?

FEB 26, 2022

Somalia is about to finalize the most corrupt, most controversial, and most rigged legislative elections in the country's history. In fact, this elect...

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The Long Corrupt Road to Somali Petroleum Production

The Long Corrupt Road to Somali Petroleum Production

FEB 26, 2022

I joined and was present from the inception of Somalia’s Petroleum Process 2005 on a high level position, when the petroleum process began in 2007, ...

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Why Kenyans should follow ongoing elections in Somalia keenly

Why Kenyans should follow ongoing elections in Somalia keenly

FEB 24, 2022

I was recently in Somalia and had the opportunity to meet politicians, businesspeople and civil society groups to collect insights about the ongoing p...

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Somalia is once more on the brink on famine

Somalia is once more on the brink on famine

FEB 20, 2022

It’s a pity that people are dying of hunger while there is plenty of fish in the sea. This I believe captures the heartless irony of this nightmare ...

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Nearly 60 per cent of the elected MPs for the incoming Somali Federal Parliament have serious criminal record

Nearly 60 per cent of the elected MPs for the incoming Somali Federal Parliament have serious criminal record

FEB 18, 2022

The chances of winning for a candidate with verifiable criminal record for a seat in the 2022 Somali Federal Parliament is 85 per cent whereas the cha...

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Farmajo: A Fantastic President of Somalia!

Farmajo: A Fantastic President of Somalia!

FEB 18, 2022

"Don’t compare me to the Almighty, compare me to the alternative” is a political adage that says no candidate is perfect (like the Almighty), but ...

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