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Global experts underscore investments in energy sector in Somalia

MOGADISHU,  (Xinhua) — International energy experts are meeting in Mogadishu on Wednesday to discuss investment opportunities in Somalia’s sustainable energy sector. Minister of Energy and Water Resources Salim Aliyow Ibrow, who opened the meeting late Tuesday, said the government was in the process of drafting regulations to govern investment in the energy sector. Ibrow noted...

How to Deal with Al Shabaab? Thinking Outside of the Box
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How to Deal with Al Shabaab? Thinking Outside of the Box

By Dr. Abdurahman Baadiyow October 14, 2017, a truck loaded with explosives exploded at the center of Mogadishu leaving about 400 deaths and about 500 injures. This was one of the most lethal terrorist acts anywhere in the world since 9/11.  This barbaric act was attributed to Al Shabaab which has appeared publicly in 2007...

THE GARISSA GENOCIDE AND THE PLIGHT OF KENYAN SOMALIS SINCE “INDEPENDENCE”.
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THE GARISSA GENOCIDE AND THE PLIGHT OF KENYAN SOMALIS SINCE “INDEPENDENCE”.

By Abdi Ismail Dalal Feeling has no power against reason but feeling older than history is no light matter so they say. I can justifiably vouch for the above statement after witnessing and experiencing one of the most harrowing and cruel atrocity visited upon the innocent and defenceless Somalis of Garissa township by the Kenyan...

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HESHIISKA DOWLADDA FEDERAALKA IYO DOWLADAHA XUBNAHA KA AH

Muqdisho– Waxaa xarunta Madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya lagu qabtay kulan wada tashi oo u dhexeeye Dowladda Federaalka iyo Dowladaha Xubnaha ka ah iyo Gobolka Banaadir 28-kii Oktoobar ilaa 5tii, Nofembar, 2017, kulankaas oo uu shir gudoominayay Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya Mudane Maxamed Cabdullaahi Maxamed Farmaajo ayaa daba socday Casumaadii Maxadweynuhu u diray Madaxda Dowladaha Xubnaha...

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The Somali Enemy

By Mahad Sheikh Ali Gelle What happened in Somalia? How Somali Federal Government failures, foreign entities and collapsed institutions aid the terrorism industry. The October 14, 2017 terrorist attack in Mogadishu, which killed at least 358 people according to official estimates by the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS), has been referred to as “Somalia’s 9/11.”...

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Transgression (Tacaddi): A Poem by Hussein Halane

By Hussein Halene Translated by Adam OHirsi While I am apprehensive about the current affairs of Somalia, and fearful that the never ending chaos of the homeland will render my brain waste, I met with Aw Hirsi, a  good friend who is dear to me. My encounter with Aw Hirsi led me to recite this Poem, which...

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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed, former ministers detained in corruption probe

RIYADH, – One of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent businessmen and a former finance minister are among dozens detained in a probe by a new anti-corruption body, a senior Saudi official said on Sunday. The official, who declined to be identified under briefing rules, said billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who owns investment firm Kingdom Holding...