Opinion

To avoid a repeat of the Mogadishu attack, Somali needs biometrics

To avoid a repeat of the Mogadishu attack, Somali needs biometrics

OCT 26, 2020

Three years ago, on 14 October 2017, Somalia experienced a turning point when devastating truck bomb attacks ripped through Mogadishu’s busy Zoobe j...

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In Memoriam and a Call to Action

In Memoriam and a Call to Action

OCT 23, 2020

Earlier this week, Dr Ali Khalif Galaydh passed away in Jijiga, Ethiopia. For many Somalis, he was a methodical statesman, a brilliant orator, and a c...

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Meet Fihima Ismail, a Djiboutian farmer with a penchant for helping

Meet Fihima Ismail, a Djiboutian farmer with a penchant for helping

OCT 20, 2020

Fihima Mohamed Ismail travelled back to her native Djibouti after working in Europe for a decade and found her purpose helping children and widows....

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Somalia. A chronicle of major events in the four weeks leading up to the 1969 Military Take over

OCT 20, 2020

September 5: Egal leaves for the African Summit in Addis Ababa...

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Dr. Ali Khalif Galyadh: A Somali Statesman, a Learned professor and a man of Peace

Dr. Ali Khalif Galyadh: A Somali Statesman, a Learned professor and a man of Peace

OCT 14, 2020

Dr. Ali Khalif Galaydh passed away on 8 October 2020 in Jigjiga after spending nearly three years in Hargeisa waiting for Somaliland's leaders to hono...

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Al Shabaab has created a perfect storm in Somalia

Al Shabaab has created a perfect storm in Somalia

OCT 14, 2020

Al Shabaab has turned into a shadow state and the Somali government, the United Nations and the international community need to reorient their focus....

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Geopolitical risks: Kenya, Somalia at impasse over miraa trade

Geopolitical risks: Kenya, Somalia at impasse over miraa trade

OCT 14, 2020

Kenya, Somalia relations have been at their lowest point in years as the two countries clashed over Indian Ocean Maritime claims, Kenya’s plan to bu...

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A deserving peace price

A deserving peace price

OCT 11, 2020

During a time when the world is too caught up with the American presidential elections, The Norwegian Nobel Committee turned our attention to malice l...

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Four more years for President Formaajo…….?!

Four more years for President Formaajo…….?!

OCT 03, 2020

Somalis are not known as great keepers of national archives or for this matter as collectors and keepers of state documents. Of course, apart from gre...

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IP Face-Saving Statement after Somali Leaders Agreed on Indirect Electoral Model

SEP 27, 2020

Monday, 21 September 2020, seventeen (17) states and three (3) international organizations collectively called International Partners (IP) of Somalia ...

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